purchases

Example Sentences

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The Bank of Japan is scheduled to conduct outright purchases across multiple tranches of Japan’s government-bond market on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

“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

Heather sighs and smiles dreamily at Vivi as we load our purchases into the trunk of Heather’s Prius.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black