Example Sentences

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Private equity refers to investments in companies whose shares are not publicly traded; private-equity funds will have purchased these underperforming companies in hopes of turning them around.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

"More people will have purchased it and are probably using it," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2015

If proof is found that it is an early work of Michelangelo, the museum will have purchased the greatest bargain in art history; it was purchased at an auction last year for $225.00.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

By the time that this letter reaches you I will have purchased it, so confident am I that I can win you, little Jessie.

From Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain by Libbey, Laura Jean