PURCHASED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

purchased

verb

past tense of purchase

as in bought

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for I need to purchase a new heavy coat

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Recent Examples of purchased 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 Boone couple purchased the home in 2014, the Lagniappe Daily reported. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 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 The building did a stint as the county courthouse earlier in the 20th century before it was purchased and restored to its former opulence by the Savannah hotel developer Richard Kessler. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026 The SuperLotto Plus jackpot previously hit on March 28, when a ticket purchased in Fremont won $10 million, The Sacramento Bee reported. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026 While performance varies with outdoor temperatures, heat pumps can deliver substantially more useful heat per unit of energy purchased than conventional electric resistance heating. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 As an 'artificial friend' purchased for an ailing teen, Jenna Ortega tries hard to illuminate this misbegotten Kazuo Ishiguro adaptation, but Waititi's decision to play it for strained, whimsical comedy is ruinous. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026

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