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Whenever a bond matures, a replacement bond is purchased with the requisite duration so that the overall ladder’s duration remains relatively unchanged.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

My assistance never came, and the deodorant was never purchased.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The family is still furnishing the house but has already purchased an air filter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

U.S. investment firm KKR purchased Circor for $1.8 billion in 2023 and will maintain ownership of the company’s naval and industrial businesses.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

She then went over to the cardboard box and took out the ugliest of the clothes that Mrs. Poe had purchased, the outfits the Baudelaire orphans would never wear no matter how desperate they were.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket