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purchase

[pur-chuhs] / ˈpɜr tʃəs /
NOUN
possession obtained with money
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Purchase commitments are an obscure-enough metric that most analysts don’t make forecasts for them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

She enrolled at New York's Purchase Conservatory of Music to study songwriting, and started playing open mic nights around the city.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Purchase imperfect secondhand garden furniture where you can sit and drink tea and read an imperfectly wonderful book by your favorite author.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

For undergrad he attended Purchase College in New York to study acting in a classical program.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

I had a long queue of files on a disk waiting to be wired to Hoagland’s terminal in Purchase.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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