fetched

past tense of fetch
as in cost
to have a price of those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques

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Recent Examples of fetched The programs were sealed in an isolated environment except for a single link that fetched pre-approved software components from the internet on their behalf. Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Klosterman’s projection may overstate the extent to which theatres will become inaccessible to the average person, but the proposition also doesn’t seem so far-fetched. Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 22 July 2026 That's what makes Marchitelli's Eras Tour prediction not so far-fetched. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 This Mondial, produced just a year after the Bring a Trailer example, fetched a little under four times the price, or $123,000. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 27 June 2026 Meanwhile, a painting of a nude woman by a grandson of Sigmund Freud fetched nearly $39 million. CBS News, 26 June 2026 On June 13, 2026, the first public sale of a PSA 10 fetched $16,470 at auction. Charles Moss, New York Times, 24 June 2026 And what about that enormous price of six hundred livres, three times the sum fetched by the most expensive of the artist’s pictures at auction thirty years later? Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 David Meisinger, the chief executive of the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, said the high prices typically fetched in utility acquisitions, as well as lack of willing sellers, have historically served as barriers for the expansion of public power. John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
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  • Advocates and city councilors said at an April Council hearing that the Wu administration’s inaction has cost the city millions in federal grant funding and puts cyclists and pedestrians at risk.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026
  • The previous disruptions to shipping between 2023 and 2025 probably cost some $20 billion a year, according to industry estimates.
    Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
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  • The apartments brought thousands of new residents, many with the disposable income developers and national retailers covet.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
  • Knight brought both belts into the ring, distracting the referee by throwing the world title in the ring.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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“Fetched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetched. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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