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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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Antonyms
WEAK




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Every purchase from Farm Rio is sprayed with a signature scent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

That hypothetical annual return would exceed the car’s purchase price by roughly $90,000.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Turk has claimed it was a loan to Mountbatten-Windsor for the purchase of a chalet in Switzerland - a suggestion which is contested by Isbilen and had been challenged in previous court hearings.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

It also provided more detail on its massive computing spending, disclosing that it entered into purchase commitments and lease agreements with an aggregate committed spend of approximately $895.4 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Before Hale obtained the life-insurance policy on Roan, he had attempted to purchase Roan’s headright—his share in the tribe’s mineral trust, which was more precious than any cache of diamonds or gold.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The central bank said Tuesday it has conducted operations involving the equivalent of more than $10 billion to help financial institutions get more liquid assets in their portfolios to fund stock purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

There are different affordability checks for different purchases, partially based on how much is borrowed.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Intel’s management team noted that while elevated memory prices are crimping PC demand, another issue is that corporate information-technology teams now face more limited budgets for equipment purchases.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Some of the purchases were also placed during times when school was not in session, he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Not bothering to wait for an answer, I flipped open the pamphlet Mr. Hanson had tucked in with my purchases.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

In 2015, Tyson and wife Lakiha Spicer purchased a $2.5 million home in Henderson, Nevada, where they’ve resided for more than a decade.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Of the eight items found to have breached cadmium limits: three were purchased from Amazon, three from Temu and one from each of OnBuy and Etsy.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Walter was a little-known financier until 2012 when he purchased the Dodgers with the backing of Guggenheim-tied insurers to help pay for the then-record $2.15 billion purchase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

In fact, Batista purchased a home in Daytona Beach and lived there for several years following his initial ouster in the mid-1940s.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Ekon had a matching one of his own, purchased from the market hours before.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The S&P Global Canada manufacturing purchasing managers index retreated in October to 49.6, a third straight monthly decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

In many of the protests, as in Spain, Portugal and Greece, housing is "a central element" because it is directly tied to purchasing power and "an ever-more unequal distribution of wealth", the researcher added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The “Degrassi” alum snapped up the property at a steep discount, purchasing it for just $7.7 million in 2012.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Thereafter, an Abu Dhabi–backed group invested $2 billion in crypto company Binance by purchasing World Liberty “stablecoins,” giving World Liberty $2 billion in deposits to invest.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

So we spake as we walked amongst the servants purchasing their masters’ dinners at the market.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson


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