purchased

past tense of purchase

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Recent Examples of purchased In 1979, the property was added to the National Register of Historic Places and ultimately purchased by Richard and Dina Dwyer in 2015. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026 Whether a purchase qualifies depends on the code submitted with the transaction, not the item purchased. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 According to Hunt Auctions, the jersey was originally purchased from the Bulls by a private collector in 2003 and has changed hands only once since that initial purchase. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The city of Los Angeles last year purchased the Griffith Park merry-go-round for $1 million. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 That unique gallery purchased the building in 2018 for $3 million, but officials there didn’t begin planning its future in earnest until Cap City vacated its lease and closed in July 2025. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026 Last Week Tonight purchased it for $7,000 and eventually donated it to the last remaining Blockbuster Video store in Anchorage, Alaska, in an effort to boost their business. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026 Thomas Kaplan, an American businessman and philanthropist, purchased Rembrandt’s ca. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 Academy Award-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola purchased this Geyserville property in 2006 and used it as another canvas for his storytelling. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Purchased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purchased. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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