How to Use buy up in a Sentence

buy up

verb
Definition of buy upnext
  • Even Sitake’s children started buying up the shirts to have around the house.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But for now, choose which side of the Targaryen civil war to join — or to simply buy up.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 June 2022
  • Which is how Mona comes to pull up at the roadside where Julia sells her baked goods, and to buy up her whole stock.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 May 2023
  • Starved of cash, Big Tech will struggle to buy up the small competitors that could someday grow to pose a threat to them.
    — Cory Doctorow, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The option to buy up to $5,000 more with your tax refund is a separate program.
    — Veronica Dagher, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
  • And tech companies are buying up a lot of Nvidia’s costly chips—to the tune of billions of dollars.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Members would be allowed to buy up to 25 grams — slightly less than an ounce — on any one day, but with a limit of 50 grams in a month.
    — Catie Edmondson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • At that price, oil companies would normally race to buy up land and drill new wells.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The lender, based in Green Bay, Wis., bought up smaller banks and focused on the kinds of Midwestern cities and towns that megabanks ignored.
    — Gina Heeb, WSJ, 6 July 2023
  • In the past few weeks, as cases have ratcheted up, people scrambled to buy up rapid tests with stores selling out in just a few hours.
    — Huizhong Wu, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2022
  • So there's in fact, investors delighted to come in and buy up those properties.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Tech billionaire Larry Page might be trying to buy up all of the world’s private islands—or at least a good chunk of them.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2024
  • But there were also rumors that Jews were attempting to buy up the Temple Mount and would even destroy it.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • People over 21 can buy up to an ounce of cannabis products per day from these South Jersey retailers.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Not much is natural, though, about buying up and seeding vast swathes of land with crops meant to serve a single purpose.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Despite the initial rush to buy up metaverse property, there’s no doubt that the buzz has cooled off among many industries.
    — Ryan Serhant, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • The gruesome history of Parchman dates back to 1901, when the State of Mississippi bought up former plantation land in the heart of the Delta.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The new program allows customers to buy up to 100% of their consumption from solar or wind power sources.
    — Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Richardson households may buy up to eight tickets, costing $15 each.
    — Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Indians are using their 2,000-rupee banknotes to buy up petrol and diesel.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 23 May 2023
  • The affluent, on the other hand, are buying up jewelry.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 23 May 2023
  • Today’s great reads Brokers are buying up precious tee times at L.A. city golf courses.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Fans have been buying up merchandise this week to show their team spirit around South Florida.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In 1929, Henri Selmer, a French woodwind manufacturer, bought up the last of Sax’s workshops.
    — Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Investors who buy up property in neighborhoods such as these will often purchase at low prices, flip these homes and put them back on the rental market.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Peoria residents can buy up to four tickets per game at up to a 25% discount with proof of residency.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Detroiters can buy up vacant side lots near their homes for $100 to build communal spaces, such as gardens or parks.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Customers on the Basic plan can add one extra home; those with the Standard plans can buy up to two extra homes, and Premium-tier subs can purchase up to three extra.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 July 2022
  • Medical marijuana users can buy up to 5 ounces per month.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Sunbelt cities have also seen an influx of investors who buy up vacant lots to keep them undeveloped and wait for values to rise.
    — Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022

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