purchase
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The purchase was funded by a gift from the Bukhman Foundation.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Having failed to find a buyer, Cher ultimately delisted the property in August 2024—and records show that it is still registered to the trust she initially used to purchase it more than 30 years ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
It has met that goal on an annualized basis since 2020, according to its website, by partnering with renewable energy providers on long-term power purchase agreements.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Rep. Cyrus King of Massachusetts grumbled that Jefferson’s collection included “irreligious and immoral books” and complained that the funds could be spent for “purposes more indispensable than the purchase of a library.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
You aren’t allowed to bring fruits or vegetables through airport security, but you can purchase whole pineapples at the gate—a fact I find hilarious.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Those types of toys attract an audience that is typically older, increasingly including adults, and more likely to make repeat purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Shoppers are more focused on getting value from their purchases, such as thinking about cost per wear, McCusker says.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
But a reallocation of the fund’s existing portfolios could involve selling foreign assets and increasing purchases of Japanese stocks and bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
You can also use the electronic ID for age-restricted purchases online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Phineas bought things only on impulse and only when he had the money, and since the two states rarely coincided his purchases were few and strange.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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Having purchased the home for $2.7 million in 2017, the actor now walks away from the sale with an impressive profit.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
"That equipment was not easy to come by. We purchased it from the Canadian government months ago" and worked to refurbish it "back to its former glory," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Los Angeles-based Alo, one of Lululemon’s chief rivals in the West, has gained buzz on the Chinese internet as some travelers purchased its apparel abroad to impress friends back home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Before we left Varanasi, Sass purchased a cheap white cotton sari for me.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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China faces a quieter week, though investors will closely watch July purchasing managers’ indexes due Friday for fresh insight into business sentiment in the world’s second-largest economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
U.S. economic data due Friday include the S&P flash services and manufacturing purchasing managers surveys for July, released at 9:45 a.m.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
—Eurozone government bonds recovered slightly as investors await French, German and eurozone purchasing managers’ surveys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"It feels like our purchasing power is shrinking. This is the only way to combat that."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
He and Candice then spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon driving to every electronics store in Lambert before finally purchasing a new, top-of-the-line laptop.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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