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bought

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verb

past tense of buy
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bought
Adjective
The chain said that refunds would be available to patrons who had pre-bought tickets. Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 July 2022 Cineplex has also begun offering refunds to all customers that pre-bought tickets for upcoming film screenings. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bought
Adjective
  • The latest cuts are the third wave of reductions in administrative and other non-store jobs in 2025, following Kroger's back-to-back cuts in February and March.
    Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The store cuts come months after Kroger announced two rounds of layoffs of an unspecified number of non-store workers this spring.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • The Dutch driver likely purchased the car at its full price of approximately $475,000, along with an additional set of wheels and a package of spares.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • His brother Chris Tobler purchased their grandparents' home a few years ago.
    Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Reviewing fake CDLs experts say are sometimes issued by unscrupulous American trucking schools or bribed Mexican bureaucrats.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But the vast majority of officials caught stealing, being bribed or taking kickbacks become footnotes in local history, with the cost of the graft passed on to taxpayers.
    Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Messages Robinson is believed to have sent on Discord stated a need to retrieve a rifle from a pick-up point, leaving the rifle in a bush, watching the area where a rifle was left and having wrapped the rifle in a towel, according to the affidavit.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The driver of the SUV was transported to an area hospital with injuries police believed to be not life-threatening.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And the new role had a different sort of perk, in the form of compensation.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But Kraft ran Harris over, rumbled to the 7-yard line and two plays later Josh Jacobs had a 2-yard TD run.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This just took so much out of me.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So that trade talks could proceed, America lowered its tariffs against China to a still-high 30%, while China took its rate to 10%.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two weeks later, after Chip Kelly left UCLA to become the OC at Ohio State, Foster was lured back to be the Bruins’ head coach.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In April, Liverpool lured CFG’s director of football data Laurie Shaw to Anfield in what was regarded as a major coup within the industry.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The government estimated that the organization accepted more than $2 billion in wagers while RED44 was operational.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The board accepted their resignations at the September meeting.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Bought.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bought. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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