- present participle of purchase.
purchasing
Example Sentences
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With house prices rising more slowly than earnings, purchasing a home for the first time is more possible compared to just a couple of years ago.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
Some of this gear was last-minute purchasing in order to make that work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
He has also switched some of his purchasing to the Republic of Ireland and says plant nurseries there have "upped their game".
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
“Emotional value is increasingly shaping purchasing decisions, at times outweighing practical function.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Among Korean Air flight crews, the expectation on layovers used to be that the junior officers would attend to the captain to the point of making him dinner or purchasing him gifts.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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