purchase
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This purchase, he said, greatly expands both brands’ global reach.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β 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 β Oct. 1, 2026
Drinks are available for purchase at the bar.
From Los Angeles Times β 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
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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen picks up 450,000 shares, marking his second consecutive week of multimillion-dollar purchases.
From Barron's β 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 β 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 β 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 β Oct. 2, 2026
They had purchases to make for Robbie’s journey.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Tesla reportedly purchased $685 million Chinese-made actuators last year.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 2, 2026
But, of course, it was possible that someone purchased and was keeping the snake illegally.
From Los Angeles Times β 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 β 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 β 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
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Data will include the final estimate of French, German and eurozone services purchasing managers’ indexes for September on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β 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 β 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 β 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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Material World: Shopping Lingo
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