transact
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In response to the Justice probe, Binance said it “categorically did not directly transact with any sanctioned entities,” describing the money flows through it as indirect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
That concern is magnified by the growth of stablecoins, which could—in theory—be used by those agents to transact without having to pay tolls to card networks or issuers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Morehead’s thesis is that as AI becomes more widely used, the rise of autonomous agents may eventually need digitally native ways to transact.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
When-issued trading often is light because most investors wait until regular trading begins to transact in a stock.
From Barron's ● Dec. 15, 2025
But he knew what she meant; he understood the business the Rosen Association wanted to transact.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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That could jeopardize a trading relationship worth some $300 billion a year, just slightly less than Japan transacts with the U.S.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
“We are hearing that we are not just clients or countries that one transacts with, we want to be partners, and that’s certainly the spirit with which we are engaging them,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2022
But it still transacts based on those stories, based on what it could become, based on what it intends to do, based on what it, in theory, might do in the future.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2022
Meanwhile, BlockFi, a company that offers traditional banking services such as loans and interest-bearing accounts but transacts in cryptocurrency, this summer was targeted by regulators in five states that accused it of selling unregistered securities.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2021
The bank transacts the government business in connection with the British public debt of about $3,850,000,000, all in registered stock, and requiring two hundred and fifty thousand separate accounts to be kept.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook, Joel
The spokeswoman said the investigation didn’t establish that any Binance user transacted directly with a sanctioned entity, instead transmitting funds over several steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
A huge portion of such fraud is transacted in cryptocurrency.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
It was a pay-as-you-go operation transacted in US dollars.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
“We believe Credova should not set restrictions on the commerce of lawful goods nor judge what legal goods should be transacted, and doing so creates a dangerous precedent,” she said in an emailed statement.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
“History, for example! A most important subject. In the words of Cicero, ‘Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child.’”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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While agricultural goods were exempt from the blockade, many shippers were unwilling to deliver them given the potential legal risks of transacting with Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She is accused of breaching US sanctions against Iran, which prohibit US persons from transacting or dealing in Iranian goods or services without authorisation.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
If there are enough buyers and sellers transacting, that market is efficient.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
By the 1930s, courts were interpreting the law as having a sort of implied health exception that applied to physicians and those transacting with them.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2023
At Helton, at the end of the Tythe Barn, was formerly a stone seat, where the inhabitants met for the purpose of transacting their parochial affairs.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel
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