purchases

Example Sentences

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These purchases have been steadily growing over the past few quarters.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Rather than police purchases, some stores might instead decide to stop accepting SNAP.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

As in other parts of the global economy, manufacturing continued to receive support from businesses bringing forward purchases in an effort to avoid even higher prices in the future, or difficulties in securing needed products.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“Items only available for a limited time encourage both rapid purchases and returning to the platform frequently — sometimes multiple times per day — to avoid missing out on items,” the letter said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 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