bought
Americanverb
adjective
verb
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of bought
First recorded before 900, for the adjective for an earlier sense
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The nurse is pregnant and she and her husband just bought a house.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Instead of the one-click default to your laptop’s last opened tab, you opened Etsy and bought a ceramic mug from a maker you’d been following on Instagram.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Having bought the 12-acre property under the assumption that the main residence on the parcel would require some simple, cosmetic updates, the TV host found herself facing a much more mammoth task.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
She bought a Nissan Maxima, went on cruises and supported her mother.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
When we bought our house, Steven learned to play the piano so he could play it for me every night.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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