- present participle of purchase.
purchasing
Example Sentences
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The school opted for a middle ground, purchasing 200 graphing calculators from French company NumWorks for its ninth-grade classes, with plans to create a schoolwide rollout over three years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Delaware Life has started a remediation plan to restructure some of the loans, review others and address its “control deficiencies,” including through TWG purchasing some of the loans, according to ratings outfit S&P Global.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Public sector finances data and retail sales data for July, as well as flash purchasing managers’ surveys for August, are due on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It is Bezos's first investment in a sports team after he was previously linked with purchasing NFL franchises Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I didn’t quite follow all that, but I had to admit it was impressive that she, at her age, a Chinese American woman, was purchasing a house.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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