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bought

[bawt] / bɔt /
ADJECTIVE
purchased
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So Apple’s then-CEO, Gil Amelio, bought NeXT and got Jobs along with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Fortunately, for anybody who bought ahead of Friday’s pullback, there is reason to believe stocks could trundle higher in the short term.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Bass suggested Caruso had bought the endorsement but later apologized.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

The 21-year-old criminology student from Croydon spent most of his savings - £726 - on three test slots, all bought through resellers who snap up appointments and sell them on at inflated prices.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Most of those sales were probably for the usual bric-a-brac and curios the scenarioists bought for themselves, but the tally was easily going to be the best of the summer.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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