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The price of eggs is not affected, unless the government buys up more of them than usual for whatever reason, and even then, the price eventually falls back to normal.—Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025 In neighborhoods where the noise exceeds the limits, the county and federal governments are buying up houses and destroying them.—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 All this went on until 2001, when the Gucci Group (now a subsidiary of Kering) bought up the company and appointed German designer Tomas Maier as creative director.—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2025 His son bought up the tools of the trade and put them to use, running chain lines late into his life.—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for buy up
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