purchase
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In further checking for other opportunities to purchase reasonably priced tickets, I also was disappointed to see that the cheapest tickets available for some of the high-interest sporting events were in the hundreds of dollars.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
A dog or cat isn’t a one-time purchase.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
The U.S. formally recognized Danish sovereignty in 1916 as a condition for its purchase of the Danish West Indies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
That’s the often-overlooked written agreement with the airline that a passenger signs off on when they purchase a ticket.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
With this bankroll, he was able to purchase and outfit a three-masted, coal-powered barkentine called Polaris from a Norwegian firm that specialized in polar vessels.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing purchase
Material World: Shopping Lingo
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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