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Examples of public sale in a Sentence
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General public sale begins Friday (May 24) at 10 a.m. PT; fans can find more tour information on YG’s official 4Hunnid website.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 21 May 2024
Demand for tickets was so high that Ticketmaster experienced a raft of glitches and technical problems, with the fiasco ending in the cancellation of a public sale for the spots.
—Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
The official public sale will launch on Friday at 10 a.m. local time at Dierks.com, save for select dates.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
Three months later, his business manager, George Ullman, put Valentino’s possessions up for public sale—not only his speedboat, his onyx pocket watch, and his black velvet riding habit but also his spats and silk underwear and a hundred and forty-six pairs of his socks.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Presale tickets for the tour will be available Thursday, while public sale begins Friday.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
Ticketmaster, plagued by technical issues and overwhelming ticket demand, canceled its public sale for Friday.
—Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2022
Adani Enterprises shelved a plan to raise as much as 10 billion rupees via its first-ever public sale of bonds following a market rout, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
—Ben Bartenstein, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2023
Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Wednesday with an artist presale, then with public sale at 10 a.m. Friday; more at livenation.com.
—Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1641, in the meaning defined above
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“Public sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20sale. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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