purchase
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It is used to purchase ingredients like meat, chicken or fish.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
States will then purchase vaccines through the agency to administer at no cost under the Vaccines for Children program or to a program for uninsured or underinsured adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Previously, the Bruins had to purchase a Den Pass for $199 to gain access to home football and men’s basketball games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Eventually, some renters became homeowners, which allowed the researchers to better understand how the purchase affected their ability to build wealth.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Seven shimmied her shoulders, pretending she was shaking off her fears, found purchase on a knob, and began to work her way up.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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On trade, there is "room for progress on tariffs, agricultural purchases and selected export controls", Yue Su of The Economist Intelligence Unit told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
A Saint-Gobain spokesman confirmed to the BBC that the company does not store or process MMA like GKN, but rather purchases sheets of polymerised MMA, or acrylic.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Hofferber recommends having enough cash saved up to cover three to six months of living expenses, plus any money set aside for major purchases in the coming 12 months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Roblox is forecasting a 14 percent to 18 percent drop in overall purchases made by players in the current quarter, and its share price has lost more than two-thirds of its value since its high.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Eliza finished her purchases, grabbed my hand, and slammed the door behind us.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Computer chip and software developer Broadcom purchased the Irvine office compound it rented in the latest example of a well-funded company taking advantage of depressed real estate prices to switch from renter to owner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The team at CR purchased samples of a variety of lunchbox foods—everything from Takis to oat bars—and tested them for several chemicals that they described as contaminants.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital self-reported 74 breaches of Football Association rules when they purchased the club in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Marc Jacobs might be best known for his catwalk creations, but in 2019, he took on the ambitious project of overhauling a $9.17 million Frank Lloyd Wright–designed property that he purchased on a whim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Neither of my parents had finished high school; my mother did wear pants suits, which she purchased at a factory outlet.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Some of Aggrey and Novack’s peers are considering retiring and purchasing additional homes, the couple said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
According to purchasing managers’ surveys by S&P Global, activity in the eurozone’s manufacturing sector picked up in July and expanded at its fastest pace in more than four years in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The rial has plunged to record lows, reaching around 2.2 million to the US dollar in recent days, while year-on-year inflation hit 89 percent for the Iranian month ending August 22, sharply eroding purchasing power.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
A report by the Deutsche Bank Research Institute published in July found that the yen’s purchasing power had halved since 2012, making Japan an outlier in terms of the cheapness of its currency.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
While the day of waiting was tediously slow, the line to enter the circus moves remarkably fast, and soon Bailey is standing at the ticket booth, purchasing a single admission.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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