buy
Example Sentences
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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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