purchase
verb (used with object)
to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
has been purchasing
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present perfect progressiveof purchase (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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His firm Baron Funds has been purchasing privately owned SpaceX stock since 2017, according to the investor's quarterly report from March.
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2023
Germany has been purchasing gas and importing it through L.N.G. terminals in neighboring countries to stock up its reserves before winter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Berkshire has been purchasing the stock when it trades below $60.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
If your entire financial end game has been purchasing a home in cash so that you have no mortgage, purchase your home in cash.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2022
I notice, too, that she has been purchasing a new hat.'
From New Grub Street by George Gissing
