as in to buy
to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for
I need to purchase a new heavy coat
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Recent Examples of purchase
CBS News, 7 Dec. 2024
Those items are believed to have been purchased by the suspect in a Starbucks minutes before the shooting and discarded in a trash can.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2024
With over 20,000 purchases in the past month alone and more than 45,000 perfect ratings, the Eufy robot vacuum is also a favorite amongst Amazon shoppers.
—Melony Forcier, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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The city of Grand Rapids raised money for the slippers at its annual Judy Garland festival to supplement the $100,000 set aside this year by Minnesota lawmakers to help the museum purchase the slippers.
—CBS News, 7 Dec. 2024
Those items are believed to have been purchased by the suspect in a Starbucks minutes before the shooting and discarded in a trash can.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Real estate agent Jeff Ohm, who represented Odunze in the purchase, did not respond to a request for comment.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2024
With over 20,000 purchases in the past month alone and more than 45,000 perfect ratings, the Eufy robot vacuum is also a favorite amongst Amazon shoppers.
—Melony Forcier, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Amazon has quietly become one of the cheapest places to buy smartphones in recent months.Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Chanel’s compact mirror caught my attention in 2021 during a viral TikTok challenge where fashion aficionados bought the cheapest thing from their favorite luxury houses like Chanel, YSL, Louis Vuitton, and Dior.Rachel Besser, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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Instead of electricity, Johnston said Canada could have more leverage over America in areas that are harder for US officials to make up for, including aluminum and nickel.Matt Egan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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The view is that this strategy will be rewarded on the other side once demand comes back as RH will be in a significantly stronger market position with significant operational leverage.Sofia Celeste, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the 10 locations where the film was presented in 70mm — the director’s preferred format — ticket sales were completely sold out, according to Imax.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
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In 2019, the return rate was 8.1% of total retail sales, but as the COVID pandemic closed non-essential retailers starting in early 2020, the U.S. experienced a major shift to online shopping.Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The remaining 8 million acres are up for grabs, but the state and conservation nonprofits hope to convince land owners to take conservation easements or sell to the state as opposed to developers.Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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What's just great serendipity to me here is that this legislation happened and TikTok may be up for grabs.Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
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Banks, card processors and processing networks like Visa and Mastercard each charge a fee to process credit card transactions.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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That whiteboard represented a wide range of possibilities on the table for the Red Sox as baseball’s busiest transaction week began from pursuing free-agent starters to trading for pitchers to adding to the offense to further bolstering the bullpen.Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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The idyllic, postcard beaches, clear water, and sandy anchorages of the eastern region prove a bit more popular.Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The queue outside the Port of New York & New Jersey increased since yesterday as ships are still waiting in the anchorage area.Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Eight players scored for Oak Forest, with sophomore guard Neiko Leflore finishing with eight points and junior point guard Gary Manso adding seven points, five assists and four steals.Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Dec. 2024
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Simmons finished with seven points, seven rebounds, nine assists, two steals and three blocks.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Seabright assures us that Grace has a solid grasp of her finances and explains that there is an economic logic to this.Christian Stadler, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The data once again shows how housing was more easily in the grasp of middle-class Austin earners decades ago.Sami Sparber, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Purchase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purchase. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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