- present participle of purchase.
purchasing
Example Sentences
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Some of this gear was last-minute purchasing in order to make that work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
Henry Jordan, Nationwide's group director of mortgages, said purchasing was often a "slow, complex and stressful process" and welcomed the proposed changes.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
Critics pointed out that ICE could have expanded detention centers faster by purchasing unused public and private jail facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
But the extra income makes purchasing rights to show the World Cup more valuable to broadcasters, meaning Fifa can theoretically charge higher prices when negotiating over future tournaments.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
“They’re giving me my own lab. Meanwhile, don’t tell them, but I’m purchasing mass quantities of research supplies: sugar, gelatin, cornstarch and...jelly bean molds!”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing purchasing
"$211 Billion and So Much to Buy"
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