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In addition, ever-larger healthcare systems are increasingly buying up previously independent practices, further driving up costs to patients, Bokhari added.—Nick Thomas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024 Does this mean that when all the experimentation has been done, a relatively small number of players will become dominant as others are bought up or drop away?—Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 Arrillaga bought up huge swaths of land in Mountain View, Calif., and San Jose and started developing corporate office parks.—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024 Even that took some sleight of hand, involving buying up every ticket in a theatre in order to be able to make the claim that it was sold out.—Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for buy up
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