buy
verb (used with object)
to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
buying
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present participleof buy.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Robinhood CFO says market volatility didn’t scare traders away from buying chip stocks “that they had really done research on.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The Wall Street Journal also reported that Uber once considered buying Instacart, though those talks are no longer active.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
They are buying massive amounts of chips, computers, electrical equipment, power turbines and all the construction materials need to build data centers, such as steel, concrete, advanced plastics and rare-earth metals.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
If successful in buying the remainder, the organisations claim there is the potential to develop a "40-mile nature recovery corridor stretching from the North East coast to Kielder on the central Scottish border".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
But while my brain might have believed that, my body wasn’t buying it.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
