How to Use buyback in a Sentence
buyback
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At the same time, a spate of share buybacks has helped swell stock prices.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 25 May 2023
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The new stock buyback tax goes counter to that approach.
—Laura Davison, Bloomberg.com, 5 Aug. 2022
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Spending on stock buybacks is up 1,500%, Fain said in the video.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
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Yancey and Payne said no one from the land bank told them about the buyback option.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2018
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So to some, a buyback tax would be a way to make things consistent.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2021
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But too many stock buybacks can drain cash from a business.
—Bernard Condon, Fortune, 7 June 2024
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But the buyback program was overwhelmed by fears that the steps taken against Ant are just the tip of the iceberg.
—Time, 28 Dec. 2020
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And without the buyback, the guns would be more expensive.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024
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Not sure if that is the case as Micron just restarted its buyback.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
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The company has a very strong Quality Grade of A based on a buyback yield rank of 88.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 4 May 2023
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To take guns off the streets, Williams, a Democrat, is planning a buyback program.
—Time, 9 Mar. 2018
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Many have complained about the CEO dumping his stock and are asking for a share buyback.
—Dana Hull, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
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Street Rescue has hosted a number of gun buyback events in the past.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
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Coming next could be a buyback program or a concierge service to help clients find the piece of their dreams.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 23 July 2024
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For the buyback, the company set the par values of both its Class A and Class B common stocks at $.01 per share.
—Brandon Lingle, ExpressNews.com, 10 Dec. 2020
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Broadcom approved a $10 billion share buyback program to last through the end of the year.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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This works like a stock buyback, pushing the value of the remaining shares up.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2018
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The buyback scheme is expected to cost up to $200 million.
—Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 12 Aug. 2019
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The department said the buyback shouldn’t be seen as a change in policy.
—Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
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CFO Hervé Philippe has said that a stock buyback program was one option.
—Georg Szalai, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2021
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In the last five years, airlines have paid out nearly $45 billion to Wall Street through stock buybacks.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 19 Apr. 2020
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The buyback plan usually defines how much will be spent and over what time frame.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
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The event was the first gun buyback hosted by the police department in Salt Lake City in more than 20 years, the release said.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 June 2022
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Just for goodness sake put a buyback clause in there for when Mourinho’s had enough of he job.
—SI.com, 23 May 2018
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The proceeds of an eventual sale would go back to Comcast’s investors in the form of stock buybacks, Roberts said.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
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The firm also spent $1.1 billion on buybacks in the period, bringing the total for the first nine months of the year to about $7 billion.
—Max Reyes, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
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The call comes in the wake of a strong rally in Amazon shares after the company announced a stock split and share buyback.
—Thyagaraju Adinarayan, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
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The top end of its buyback target range rose by a third to $20 billion a year, giving Chevron scope to raise even further in the future.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
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When used this way — as mayors have done since the first buyback in 2006 — buybacks can help, as a communication tool if little else.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
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The company also announced a $1 billion share buyback program.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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