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repurchase

[ree-pur-chuhs] / riˈpɜr tʃəs /




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Strategy also said Monday that it didn’t sell any preferred or common shares last week, but also did not buy back any shares under its current repurchase program.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

Strategy said plans to buy back $1 billion worth of Digital Credit Securities, which refers to its preferred stocks, and to repurchase $1 billion of common stock.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Strategy’s decision in May to use its cash reserve to repurchase $1.5 billion in zero-coupon convertible senior notes due in 2029 proved costly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Reformation said it expects to use proceeds from the IPO to partially repay its debts, as well as to repurchase some shares in a synthetic secondary transaction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Kabuo pulled into a turnout one rainy afternoon and explained to her in grave tones that he intended to repurchase his parents’ property as soon as the chance arose.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Bearish investors can borrow shares they don’t own and sell them, betting that they can be repurchased at a later date for a lower price.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

Assuming that it continues to repurchase shares, combined with the $52.7 million repurchased during the fiscal third quarter, this represents a 1.1% return of capital to shareholders.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

The company repurchased around $100 million of stock in the first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Of the hyperscalers, only Microsoft repurchased stock in the March quarter, and at a roughly equivalent rate to what it had done a year before.

From MarketWatch May 10, 2026

After she was recaptured, Ellen was sold to slave traders but was later repurchased by abolitionists and taken north.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The new share buyback program builds on a $470 million repurchasing scheme in fiscal 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

“The business is producing significant free cash flow, and management is enhancing per-share value by repurchasing shares at a discount to our estimate of intrinsic value,” says Oakmark investment analyst Joe Pittman.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Google parent Alphabet didn’t buy back any stock in the latest quarter, after repurchasing around $15.1 billion in the same period a year before.

From MarketWatch May 10, 2026

BDCs trading at discounts of 10% or more—and especially those at 25%-plus discounts—ought to be repurchasing stock.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

Her former owner rewarded her by repurchasing her and allowing her to remain on his farm until her death, which occurred at the mature age of seventeen years.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various




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