purchase

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OpenAI recently backed away from an early version of its Instant Checkout feature in favor of directing users to the retailers to complete the purchase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Though the dwarf pansies are not yet available to purchase, Litchfield encouraged islanders to consider planting other native and naturalised species to contribute to their conservation.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“You should have seen me, I was hustling and hustling for them,” she recounts about finding her famous client a home to purchase.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Last year, PayPal teamed up with AI company Perplexity so people could use its service to purchase products from retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch and Ashley Furniture within Perplexity’s chat interface.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Between the purchase of the loans and the sale of the bonds made up of those loans, his group was exposed to falling prices.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis