Example Sentences

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While some people lining up to buy the watches are enthusiasts, others have been buying them up to sell them on for more online.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Caroline Golin, who led Google’s energy-market development until last year, says that tech companies have been buying power for years but for much different purposes than they are today.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

For gold, that puts individual investors in good company with central banks, which already have been buying the precious metal for their reserves, he noted.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 1, 2026

In recent months, speculative investors have been buying up permits in expectation of tightening supply, said Guadalupe Ruiz, principal carbon analyst at OPIS.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

We don't really know much of the Americans though they have been buying and selling and marrying us for some time.

From Robin by Burnett, Frances Hodgson