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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
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This purchase, he said, greatly expands both brands’ global reach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Although most consumers don’t purchase diesel directly, it fuels the movement of goods and services across the economy,” wrote economists at Barclays in a note Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

No longer confident the US would come to the rescue if needed, Finland has turned to Israel to purchase advanced defence equipment, including the David's Sling air-defence system and Spike anti-tank missiles.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Drinks are available for purchase at the bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hope Springs Hardware was covered with signs advertising a “Sizzling Summer Sale” and free tickets to Griggs’ Rigs Racing with any purchase.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen picks up 450,000 shares, marking his second consecutive week of multimillion-dollar purchases.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Following on from the buyback bonanza noted above by Scott Rubner at Citadel Securities, here’s the breakdown of where this year’s $1.3 trillion of company share purchases may be going.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse and other AI agents over data-privacy and security concerns, while Kohl’s and Kate Spade bar agents from completing purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The state’s aerospace industry is further benefiting from increased commercial aircraft production, defense purchases, space exploration and satellite production, it said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

They had purchases to make for Robbie’s journey.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Tesla reportedly purchased $685 million Chinese-made actuators last year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

But, of course, it was possible that someone purchased and was keeping the snake illegally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

That yield currently is higher than it’s been in years, and so is the monthly income that could be purchased with such an annuity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Carnegie Mellon’s new Miami campus will sit on a site purchased from developer Moishe Mana for an undisclosed sum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Also on board were two pigs purchased by McNeish for future pork roasts, as well as the rats and mice that stow away on any ship.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Data will include the final estimate of French, German and eurozone services purchasing managers’ indexes for September on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

September purchasing managers’ index data are due Wednesday, followed by October’s consumer inflation expectations survey on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

To be sure, gold is a classic inflation hedge — a scarce physical asset whose dollar price tends to climb as currencies lose purchasing power due to rising price pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

That will weigh on household purchasing power "at a time when consumption is weakening and rising interest rates are exacerbating France's fiscal difficulties" they said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

I excelled at the lunchtime blitz—the replacing of lost socks, the purchasing of gifts for whatever five-year-old was having a birthday party on Saturday, the stocking and restocking of juice boxes and single-serving applesauce cups.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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