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purchased

  • past participle
    of purchase.
    purchase
    verb (used with object)
    to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • past tense form
    of purchase.
    purchase
    verb (used with object)
    to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.

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Last year, Mullin’s predecessor, Kristi Noem, purchased two new Gulfstream 700 luxury jets for the secretary’s use after the department said the planes being used to ferry the secretary around the country were dangerously outdated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

THE SELLER: Figurati Construction Group, owned by Gary Pellegrino, purchased the home for $1.95 million in 2023, property records show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Some have a 7% mortgage rate, while a few had purchased homes during the pandemic when interest rates were lower and bidding wars were more commonplace.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

LeMoine purchased Daisy Chain Fields tickets as a gift to her daughter, Fairlee, who just turned 9.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

At one, I purchased a used Mossberg twelve-gauge pump, which held five rounds and had a slightly shortened barrel.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen