purchased
Example Sentences
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They also said they had offered her a different singing bird for $2,000 from a clock-making shop in Germany, which she could have purchased that day.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
A settlement reached last week requires the NGO to stop selling additional flights as part of the programme, while allowing previously purchased tickets to remain valid.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Carrey purchased the Los Angeles property for $3.8 million in 1994—the same year his career skyrocketed with the release of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “The Mask,” and “Dumb and Dumber.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
In 2015, the couple purchased their home in the Silicon Valley city of Atherton, one of the wealthiest ZIP Codes in the U.S., for $12.5 million, property records show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
A frequent visitor to the Library of Congress, Garfield asked the librarians for book recommendations, which he borrowed or purchased to expand his knowledge of history, philosophy, and other subjects.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
