buy up
Britishverb
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to purchase all, or all that is available, of (something)
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commerce to purchase a controlling interest in (a company, etc), as by the acquisition of shares
Example Sentences
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Bonds yields ticked higher after the Treasury Department said it would buy up to $6 billion of longer-term debt at its Thursday buyback operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
This is partly due to component costs such as Ram skyrocketing in price as AI companies buy up all the parts for their data centres.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Earlier this month, an Arizona water agency announced it signed an initial “memorandum of understanding” agreement to buy up to 10,000 acre-feet of water per year from Cadiz’s Mojave Groundwater Bank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Major investors including Situational Awareness, a hedge fund run by a former OpenAI researcher, have indicated they’ll buy up to $7 billion shares.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
“If there was a market for rocks and snakes,” I told Mr. Whiskers, “I could buy up the whole of Dawson County.”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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