purchased

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Service stations remained scarce, but gasoline could be purchased at hardware stores, and every town had a tinkerer or two—often a bicycle repairman turned mechanic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The top two investors held about 22% of the 171 vacant lots purchased by registered corporations through last year, according to a list compiled by Altadena Not for Sale.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

SpaceX has paid Tesla for services such as purchasing, and Tesla has purchased advertising on X.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Tesla, which buys a lot of hardware for its cars, helps SpaceX with purchasing. xAI also purchased services from Tesla in the past.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The teenage boy purchased by Washington at auction fourteen years earlier was now a man of about thirty.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis