purchase
Example Sentences
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The water department has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the solar plant at a rate of $1 per megawatt hour.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Critics have been swift to paint the purchase as unnecessary.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Mary Kay committed her sellers to advance purchase of the products, a system she believed motivated success, according to Ms. Gavenas: “A bigger buy-in gave consultants more incentive to clinch a sale.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In the filing, Cerebras said its top 10 customers by revenue in 2025 had increased their aggregate spend by about 80% within 12 months of their initial purchase.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Fischer learned when the new copies would arrive each month, and within a day or two of their appearance he’d be at the Four Continents to purchase the latest edition.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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