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purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tʃəs /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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Such strategies can involve the purchase and sale of large quantities of stock over time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

The bottom line is that for $270 to purchase a single ticket and another $40 for parking this will be the last game I attend at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

It also said it is completing the purchase of drilling rigs for the new project, which would initially involve two blocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

By agreeing to the arrangement, users were signed up for a scheme where they agreed to purchase a certain number of products over a specific amount of time at full price.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

But Valley and Seven were able to find purchase and avoid being thrown in.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

There were more than 550 purchases and more than 450 sales revealed in the latest filing released Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

China’s oil purchases remain at their lowest level in nearly a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

Such measures could include increased bond purchases beyond the scale announced the day before.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

They’d spent a small fortune on in-app purchases: skins and maps in Minecraft, V-Bucks in Fortnite, unlimited lives and gems in a new multiplayer world-building game.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Evidence indicates many of the purchased books are sent to facilities where they are sliced up, scanned and destroyed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

He purchased a rare first-edition copy of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

He has purchased the building as part of a group of locals, who estimate it will need £5m of investment as they continue to look for partnerships.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

But the government rejects the criticism, arguing that it has invested in ground-based resources, which it says are more effective, and purchased helicopters for water-bombing operations, with deliveries of the aircraft under way.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Velia and Delia purchased piping hot ears of corn on a stick, wrapped in their own leaves and enveloped in newspapers to keep them warm.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

However, surveys of purchasing managers recorded a pickup in activity in the eurozone, Japan and India during August, suggesting the global economy might avoid a further modest slowdown in the third quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Haber said he believes the loss of tax revenue from fewer people purchasing pricey homes in New York would offset the effects of the pied-à-terre tax.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

On Feb. 26, 2026, someone requested a refund after purchasing $500 tickets to a Demon Hunter show in Albany, N.Y., believing it was for a KPop Demon Hunters concert, according to the suit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

In other words, AFT is advertising the purchasing power it hopes to mobilize against the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Crowned queen a year after purchasing the 1546 Amati violins, she introduced to the French court what amounted to a complete lifestyle after the Italian fashion.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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