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Recent Examples of purchaser
While most of Asia is hit hard, China will likely benefit from the fossil fuel disruptions despite being the biggest purchaser of Iranian oil.
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ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Somehow the purchaser and builder have gotten away with building one huge structure and there are also foundations for three more on this lot.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
So no need to build up future-purchaser loyalty.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
OpenAI has been retreating from some hefty spending plans, shelving certain ambitious projects and accepting its role as a purchaser of massive amounts of cloud capacity rather than as a builder of mammoth data centers.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
The purchaser of Jack Kerouac‘s original On the Road manuscript, famously typed onto a nearly 120-foot scroll of paper, at Christie’s Jim Irsay auction on Thursday is country artist and Kerouac fanatic Zach Bryan.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026
China was the top purchaser of both Venezuelan and Iranian oil, accounting for 4% and 13% of imports respectively.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
As of Wednesday, firearms dealers are required under state law to use scanners that pull the prospective purchaser’s name, date of birth and other details from the card’s magnetic strip, which the new design lacks — except if they are authorized otherwise.
—Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
They can be purchased over the internet with no effective means of confirming a purchaser’s age.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Somehow the purchaser and builder have gotten away with building one huge structure and there are also foundations for three more on this lot.
—Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
So no need to build up future-purchaser loyalty.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
OpenAI has been retreating from some hefty spending plans, shelving certain ambitious projects and accepting its role as a purchaser of massive amounts of cloud capacity rather than as a builder of mammoth data centers.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
The purchaser of Jack Kerouac‘s original On the Road manuscript, famously typed onto a nearly 120-foot scroll of paper, at Christie’s Jim Irsay auction on Thursday is country artist and Kerouac fanatic Zach Bryan.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026
China was the top purchaser of both Venezuelan and Iranian oil, accounting for 4% and 13% of imports respectively.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
As of Wednesday, firearms dealers are required under state law to use scanners that pull the prospective purchaser’s name, date of birth and other details from the card’s magnetic strip, which the new design lacks — except if they are authorized otherwise.
—Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
They can be purchased over the internet with no effective means of confirming a purchaser’s age.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purchaser
Noun
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Tehran has been using its partial control of the Strait of Hormuz to negotiate safe-passage deals with several countries reliant on energy flows through the strategic waterway and continuing oil supplies to its major buyer, China.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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The big loser in that Canadian TV horse race is Corus, a major buyer of American series from major Hollywood studio suppliers, but which has been hobbled by a recapitalization plan to stay in business that has yet to receive final approval from the CRTC, the country’s TV watchdog.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When asked about the cost to American Express of protecting against AI errors, Gebb said that agents will improve over time, and if consumers have the confidence to transact using agents on the Amex network, that will ultimately bring more transaction volume to the company.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Decades later, the retail situation in the United States has changed drastically with consumers buying items on their cell phones from major companies with annual sales in the billions of dollars.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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It is alleged that certain transfers occurred in the background without notifying the user, even when their device was not in use.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Last summer, for example, internet sleuths on Google discovered private ChatGPT conversations that had been indexed on a public website without the users realizing it.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Purchaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purchaser. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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