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bought

[bawt] / bɔt /
ADJECTIVE
purchased
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My wife hated the apartment complexes we had bought over the years, and we sold our last apartment complex, quit our jobs and have been living on our savings and investments since then.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Some, like Alonso Munoz, the chief investment officer at Hamilton Capital Partners, viewed it as a clearance sale and bought up stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

But Kennard said the team has bought into the feeling that they can survive without them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

His business partner Cromb, who bought the Paris fashion label Kookai in 2017, said he maintains business links to Fiji, where he was born, because Kookai manufactures clothes there.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

“The boy is probably only frightened, alone in a strange country. He probably bought it to protect himself.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom