Example Sentences

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Buying stocks in January of either 1973 or 2000 left you with less wealth 10 years later than in 1929.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Buying sprees of outlets led to owners who became highly leveraged and less able to invest in programming, which put the squeeze on suppliers such as CBS News Radio.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Buying a Birkin or Kelly bag directly from Hermès is notoriously difficult.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Buying cheap stocks and shorting expensive stocks is a strategy that hasn’t made money for 15 years.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Buying on credit was a system created with no way to ever catch up, he’d say.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz