purchased

past tense of purchase

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Recent Examples of purchased The lawyers said Indiana purchased pentobarbital from a pharmacy that is under scrutiny by the state attorney general. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 The company acquired wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar last year and recently purchased a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses that could allow Starlink Mobile’s signal to penetrate buildings. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026 Trump purchased up to $175,000 worth of stock in the popular restaurant chain last year, the Daily Beast reported Wednesday. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 Brown purchased the downtown space at the end of 2023 and reworked it over the last two years. — Rembert Browne, Architectural Digest, 2 Nov. 2026 Another was purchased at Ardwick Liquors, at 8307 Ardwick-Ardmore Road in Landover. — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 In 2019, Sigsby and his wife purchased the Fable (formerly the Old Chalet and before that, the Black Boar) less than six months before the pandemic. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 Some of the weapons from American manufacturers purchased during the Biden administration are still flowing to Ukraine, but many of those contracts have been fulfilled. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 The property on which the multiplex sits was privately purchased last year by NYU Langone, one of New York’s major health care systems. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Purchased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purchased. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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