repurchased

verb

past tense of repurchase
1
as in replenished

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as in rebought

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Recent Examples of repurchased The company repurchased $500 million worth of shares in the fourth quarter and announced that its board of directors authorized the purchase of an additional seven million shares under its existing repurchase program. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repurchased
  1. replenished
  2. offered
  3. redeemed
  4. purchased
  5. recruited
  6. rescued
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  • Some countries did have strategic reserves, but a massive coordinated release from those supplies didn’t make a difference for long – and those reserves may need to be replenished, paradoxically increasing demand for oil in the future.
    — The Conversation, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Emergency inventories, meanwhile, have reached dangerously low levels and have not been replenished.
    — RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • How buildings are designed and made was an early interest, but fashion offered a quicker route from idea to object.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Griffin made a similar pitch, saying Miami and the broader South Florida area offered deep talent, regulatory clarity and an extraordinary quality of life.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of offered
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  • Kathryn Riley / Getty Week 4 of the NFL season featured dramatic comebacks, quarterbacks who redeemed themselves (while others continued to struggle) and three teams left with undefeated records.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The infamous stage musical adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about a telekinetic high schooler was a massive Broadway flop in 1988 but has been redeemed by steady community and college theater productions over the decades since.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • For 30 shillings, Bullitt and his two partners, Charles and Andrew Lewis, purchased 300 acres just beyond the Shenandoah Valley as a reward for his service during the French and Indian War.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • As part of his plea agreement, Iza agreed to forfeit several items purchased as part of the conspiracy, including two Mercedes-Benzes, a Ferrari and dozens of luxury handbags from Hermes, Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • According to the plea agreement, Saavedra recruited around 20 to 25 Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, as well as at least one former sheriff’s deputy and a sibling of a sheriff’s deputy, to work the shifts.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Most of the workers involved were from India, where they were recruited.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • Four people were rescued and one person remained missing Wednesday night after the crash of a medevac helicopter off Catalina Island, authorities said.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Video released Wednesday morning captured the moments when a Kansas City Police Department detective and a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy rescued a man from a pickup truck that was engulfed in flames.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
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“Repurchased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repurchased. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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