make a purchase
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Even when I do make a purchase, I often don’t like it once it arrives, which makes me reluctant to try again.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026
More than half of first-time buyers now need two incomes to make a purchase, compared to just 40% in the 1990s.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Once AI sent consumers to a retail site in October, those shoppers were 16% more likely to make a purchase compared with referrals from non-AI traffic sources, Adobe found.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
The trick allows the gig buyers to tap their phones at a store’s checkout to make a purchase, as if they were using their own credit card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
“No limit, no questions asked. Just use your palm whenever you need to make a purchase, and the charge will go directly to this. Cancel it by signing your own name against your palm.”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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