- present participle of buy.
buying
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Oxford Economics, for instance, estimates the richest 20% of households are now buying more than half of all the new cars in the country.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Then, the hosts discuss the billionaires who are buying themselves fun little treats like the L.A.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
She said she and Jacob, who are both 32, love buying from charity shops and wanted to encourage more people to do so.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
But "for all sectors and regions overall, we have not yet seen any structural buying shift that would benefit the most advanced companies" in these areas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
By April 2006 he’d finished buying insurance on subprime mortgage bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
