- present participle of purchase.
purchasing
Example Sentences
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That came after the government’s official manufacturing purchasing managers index on Friday showed a contraction in activity in July for the first time in five months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Microsoft has steadily scooped up specialized, midsized cyber companies over the past decade, while Google made the largest acquisition in its history by purchasing AI cloud and security platform Wiz earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
The official manufacturing purchasing managers index dived to 49.2 this month from June’s 50.3, according to data released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
But a creeping loss of purchasing power coming from multiple directions can catch them by surprise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
“I’m inquiring about my sister. She was purchasing com. Did she by any chance come by here today?”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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