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The college has so far bought up and started renovating more than a dozen buildings downtown; the college’s students will be the ones doing this work.
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
In 1838, McCoy and 13 other investors formed the Town Company to buy up property along the riverfront.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Standard Oil’s strategy of buying up some competitors and forcing others out of business gained it a monopoly in the oil industry, but its aggressive tactics made the company a target for regulators and politicians, including President Theodore Roosevelt.
—Alex Kuffner, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
To offset this trend, Franklin Templeton has been buying up firms that run private funds that can charge higher fees.
—Miles Weiss, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
In 1838, McCoy and 13 other investors formed the Town Company to buy up property along the riverfront.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
Standard Oil’s strategy of buying up some competitors and forcing others out of business gained it a monopoly in the oil industry, but its aggressive tactics made the company a target for regulators and politicians, including President Theodore Roosevelt.
—Alex Kuffner, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
To offset this trend, Franklin Templeton has been buying up firms that run private funds that can charge higher fees.
—Miles Weiss, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for buy up
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“Buy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy%20up. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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