How to Use buyback in a Sentence

buyback

noun
  • At the same time, a spate of share buybacks has helped swell stock prices.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 25 May 2023
  • Your raise, in the zero-rate era, went to a buyback.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • Among them was an enormous gun buyback scheme.
    — Omer Bekin, NBC news, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Both countries launched amnesty and gun buyback schemes.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Turn them in at the gun buyback and get rewarded with a gift card.
    — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
  • So to some, a buyback tax would be a way to make things consistent.
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Trump tax windfall going to capex way faster than stock buybacks.
    — Lorcan Roche Kelly, Bloomberg.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Now, some might point out that buybacks peaked earlier this year.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Yancey and Payne said no one from the land bank told them about the buyback option.
    — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Even more life-changing was the store’s buyback system.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The buyback plan comes as Adobe's stock is down more than 29% year to date.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The buyback plan comes as Adobe's stock is down more than 26% year to date.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The buyback plan comes as Adobe’s stock is down more than 29% year to date.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Not sure if that is the case as Micron just restarted its buyback.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Not used to seeing this one fall hard due to its aggressive buyback.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 May 2026
  • The stock buyback proposal was withdrawn by the end of the month.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 9 June 2025
  • The buyback plan usually defines how much will be spent and over what time frame.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Just a few years ago, support for even a voluntary buyback would have been bold.
    — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Stocks with bountiful buybacks can do well here, in contrast to those that might not.
    — Julie Coleman, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In recent days, there's been an uptick in discussions about stock buybacks and the tax plan.
    — Jared Bernstein, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Citi has a trailing 12-month buyback yield of 11%.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The timing couldn't have been better for the anonymous buyback.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Street Rescue has hosted a number of gun buyback events in the past.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
  • What most of these stories failed to mention is that the buyback was mandatory.
    — Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2021
  • This in a year when share buybacks are ebbing due to huge capital-spending demands.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Salesforce's $25 billion buyback wasn't enough to turn the tide.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This works like a stock buyback, pushing the value of the remaining shares up.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The department said the buyback shouldn’t be seen as a change in policy.
    — Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
  • No dividends or stock buybacks for defense firms.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026

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