purchase
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He said his advice to aggressively purchase Nvidia shares is for investors who believe in the company’s earnings potential and its ability to capture even more value within the AI ecosystem.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Such strategies can involve the purchase and sale of large quantities of stock over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Customers delayed by 30 minutes or more may be entitled to compensation, the operator said, adding: "While those who choose not to travel can claim a refund from their original point of purchase."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Motor City” will be available for purchase or rental on digital platforms Tuesday, Aug. 25.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
“But I would really advise you to make your purchase in that neighbourhood, and take Pemberley for a kind of model. There is not a finer county in England than Derbyshire.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
A filing, signed by Rep. Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 21, showed purchases of 15,000 shares of Bloom Energy and 200 call options.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Mizuho analyst Dan Dolev told MarketWatch that while inflation doesn’t exactly help consumers, more expensive purchases actually mean a bigger cut for Visa and Mastercard.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
"As soon as there were tariffs in the air, people put purchases on hold," Michael Saifer, general manager of Lind Furniture, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
On the bond front, the BOJ is scheduled to make outright purchases of three sectors of Japan’s government debt on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
But among themselves, as I listened to them excitedly discussing their purchases, they seemed like young men anywhere off on a holiday.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Imperial College's department of chemical engineering estimates that between 20 and 25 billion balloons are purchased worldwide every year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
In other instances, ICE has purchased facilities owned and operated by private companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Trump has referred to the 504-acre property that he purchased in 2002 as his Summer White House, and he frequently decamps there for the weekends when it is too hot in Palm Beach, Fla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Divine is backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who had a senior role at the social media platform when it purchased the Vine in 2012.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
That evening, Mom and Dad gave me my Christmas present: a pair of turquoise and silver earrings they had purchased from a Navajo woman.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
Customers love the firm's massive catalogue of ultra-cheap items, from $8 sundresses to $2 bracelets, at a time when inflation has shrunk purchasing power around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
However, surveys of purchasing managers recorded a pickup in activity in the eurozone, Japan and India during August, suggesting the global economy might avoid a further modest slowdown in the third quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
U.S. economic data due Friday include the flash manufacturing and services purchasing managers’ indexes for August, released at 9:45 a.m.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Feb. 26, 2026, someone requested a refund after purchasing $500 tickets to a Demon Hunter show in Albany, N.Y., believing it was for a KPop Demon Hunters concert, according to the suit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Unfortunately, FeedTech and other investors reviewed your purchasing history, and we don’t feel that you would be a reliable investment at this time.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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