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[bahy] / baɪ /






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Private-equity firms often use continuation vehicles to buy companies from older funds, enabling the sponsors to hold on to the businesses while giving their fund investors a chance to cash out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Shell’s deal to buy ARC may be just the start of a series of acquisitions in the industry.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

To exercise the award, Musk would have to buy the stock at his “strike price” of $23.34 a share, paying about $7.09 billion in total.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Spain's industry and tourism minister has advised people to buy flights sooner rather than later to avoid potentially costlier airfares due to the war.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Mom was too busy to take me shopping this spring, and Dad refused to buy me a new bathing suit, even though it was only a hundred dollars.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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