purchase
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After weighing all of these factors, I decided to plunge forward, and began to assemble a team that would help me get to a purchase agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
As for the Isle of Gigha, that is now in the safe hands of its residents – who crowdfunded £4m to purchase it in 2002 and take control of their own destiny.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Roblox is a highly customizable gaming platform where users can create their own games and related content, and then share them for others to play and even purchase.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Coca-Cola’s revamped Mr. Pibb snagged No. 1 on Morning Consult’s annual Fastest Growing Brands ranking, which is based on purchase consideration in consumer surveys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
And so, after asking where there might be close at hand a ship where he might purchase ship forms, he departed.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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The purchases are expected to support the domestic bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Roblox is forecasting a 14 percent to 18 percent drop in overall purchases made by players in the current quarter, and its share price has lost more than two-thirds of its value since its high.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Primark did not sell goods online until 2022, when it launched a click-and-collect service which meant shoppers still had to travel to pick up their purchases.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“The market is telling us this size of purchases didn’t achieve it,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The signing line was down to the last few people, while the checkout area held only a few customers finishing their purchases, and bookstore people talking about getting the shelves back in order.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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All told, the Perlmans purchased more than 200 works from Roberts’s gallery they believed were by Warhol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
A blue tent was set up outside the couple's home for officers to examine, log and seize some of their possessions, as they suspected they had been purchased with embezzled cash.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
April Bradley recently bristled at having to pay $7.95 to return a pair of Lane Bryant jeans she had purchased online that didn’t fit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
New data shows nearly one in five properties in St Andrews were registered to an address outside of Scotland when purchased, including 164 buyers from the United States alone.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
I’ve purchased my bus tickets and arranged travel plans for mid-February.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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I recently thought about purchasing a condo, but to use any of the annuity dollars, the taxes are really out there because it was purchased with pretax dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Job losses and falling purchasing power have added to industry's woes by depressing consumer spending.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
A report by the Deutsche Bank Research Institute published in July found that the yen’s purchasing power had halved since 2012, making Japan an outlier in terms of the cheapness of its currency.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Production activity growth was the strongest in August since January 2022, driven by a jump in orders, according to purchasing managers’ surveys published this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
British purchasing agents roved about the country, buying food and cloth and metals and chemicals.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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