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Which city did President Jefferson hope to acquire before making the Louisiana Purchase?

purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tΚƒΙ™s /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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"The purchase intent that we're seeing on 'Grand Theft Auto' is far away above any other game we've ever tracked," said Mat Piscatella of consultancy Circana.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

The money made from a purchase and sale within a year are taxed as ordinary income.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

He suggested that the authorities could introduce a system to track the distribution and purchase of medicines to help identify possible misuse.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

His purchase helps explain why Harley is bucking a downturn in sales of leisure products: High interest rates, punishing gas prices and broad economic anxiety have dented sales of everything from RVs to boats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

All those tickets to purchase, and all those nights spent in hotels, and here she was without a ruble to her name!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

While you were putting all that money aside for retirement, surely there were purchases that you had to delay making in order to save, or dinners out that you had to skip.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Its annual report and latest quarterly filing show $9.7 billion of purchases under its buyback programs from January through September, down from $10.7 billion a year earlier.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Despite a subdued start to 2026, year-to-date purchases are now 6% higher than last year’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

There are different affordability checks for different purchases, partially based on how much is borrowed.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

That evening over dinner Mia told our father all about our dance-wear purchases.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince

An amenity-filled Connecticut estate—which Tyson purchased for $3 million in 1996 and sold to rapper 50 Cent for $4.1 million in 2003—is currently listed for $9.9 million.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Walter was a little-known financier until 2012 when he purchased the Dodgers with the backing of Guggenheim-tied insurers to help pay for the then-record $2.15 billion purchase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

In fact, Batista purchased a home in Daytona Beach and lived there for several years following his initial ouster in the mid-1940s.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Records show that Atavis was purchased by a doctor in Baltimore County, Maryland, at age 23 and stayed with the family after slavery ended and was buried in the family cemetery in 1874.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

"I always dreamed about having my own petting zoo. When this old form was for sale, I bought it and we moved out here. I purchased all the animals and built the fence myself."

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene

New factory orders also jumped in September, while purchasing managers’ surveys of manufacturers for October showed a further rise in activity, though at a slower pace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The German economy expanded by 0.2% in the third quarter, its fourth consecutive quarter of growth, while purchasing manager surveys of manufacturers showed a further rise in activity for October, albeit at a slower pace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

There are several stipulations, including income requirements for buyers and that the money go toward only purchasing new homes, something Hertzberg said he hopes will spur construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

I am considering purchasing a custom Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric for $210,000, paying cash.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

After the arrival of Europeans, the Big Island’s King Kamehameha I rapidly proceeded with the consolidation of the largest islands by purchasing European guns and ships to invade and conquer first Maui and then Oahu.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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