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 famed artist, known for his vibrant, playful sculptures of inflatable pups (one of which fetched over $58 million at auction in 2013), has teamed up with Hublot to turn his creations into a collection of watches. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026 Renoir’s most valuable works have fetched dozens of millions of dollars at auctions in the past. — Reuters, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026 Launching swarms of small, light interceptors to defend the United States from incoming nuclear missiles may no longer be so far-fetched. — Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026 Peterson pointed to a Deere tractor from 1992 that fetched $136,000 at a recent retirement auction in Minnesota, the highest value for that model since a record sale of $139,360 in October 2023. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 But with Sex Lives now licensed to Netflix (on a non-exclusive basis, all three seasons remain on HBO Max), and NSFW available, the prospect is not that far fetched anymore. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026 The previous record belonged to a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ, which fetched $22 million at Gooding's Pebble Beach auction in 2018. — New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026 The move saved the team about $8 million in cash, but the financial benefit became less relevant when Washington pursued Tyler Linderbaum, who ultimately fetched nearly $30 million a year from the Las Vegas Raiders. — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 His auction record was set in 2022 when the painting Animal Unity (1978) fetched $312,000 Canadian (about $227,000 at current exchange rates), more than tripling its high estimate, at Canadian auctioneer Cowley Abbott. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Nonpartisan state analysts say the tax will likely generate tens of billions of dollars, but also cost the state hundreds of millions or more in annual revenue.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Getting an actual quote based on the specifics of the business, rather than relying on a rough industry average, is the only way to know what coverage will really cost.
    — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • In other cases, Virginia prosecutors have previously brought their own expert witnesses to counter an insanity defense at trials or even disputed the claims without their own expert, according to reports and court records.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service (Alpert JFS) brought MHFA to Palm Beach County in 2014 and has since trained thousands of community members (at no cost) to be that first line of support.
    — Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Fetched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetched. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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