best seller

noun best sell·er \ ˈbes(t)-ˈse-lər \

variants: or bestseller

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Examples: best seller in a Sentence

Definition of best seller

: an article (such as a book) whose sales are among the highest of its class

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best-sellerdom

play \-dəm\ noun

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best-selling

play \-ˈse-liŋ\ adjective

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Examples of best seller in a Sentence

She has written several best sellers.
Her book is on the best-seller list.

Recent Examples of best seller from the Web

The book was to follow on the heels of several best sellers that were critical of the president, including Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury and Michael Isikoff and David Corn’s Russian Roulette.

— kevin kelleher, Fortune, "Donald Trump Jr.'s 'Defense of Daddy' Book Is Getting a Cold Shoulder From Publishers," 5 June 2018
The event will be held at the Copley Place headquarters of online home good seller Wayfair, and streamed live beginning at 4:30 at bostonglobe.com/smarter-cities.

— globe staff, BostonGlobe.com, "US mayors, Globe events on tech and the city," 1 June 2018
And all of these books are best sellers, thanks to all of my wonderful readers like you.

— lisa scottoline, Philly.com, "A No. 1 dream comes true | Lisa Scottoline," 26 Apr. 2018
But to a large number of baseball fans and connoisseurs of literary nonfiction best sellers, not to mention (and this is key) hundreds of people who currently work in baseball front offices, Williams isn’t any of those things.

— will leitch, Daily Intelligencer, "Baseball’s Very Tepid Offseason Is Finally Over," 21 Mar. 2018
First partnering with the retail superstore in 2015, Popsugar reports that the Pioneer Woman’s various collaborations with the superstore have been best sellers ever since.

— janine puhak, Fox News, "‘Pioneer Woman’ Ree Drummond releases new dinnerware collection at Walmart," 8 Mar. 2018
Its stores – the Solana Beach one spans about 250 square feet – stock on average about 100 items vs. about 50 items for its kiosks, which only offer its best sellers.

— hang nguyen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Urban Remedy, the health-conscious Bay Area eatery, expands into San Diego County," 29 May 2018
Taylor Jenkins Reid is no stranger to writing popular books, and her latest best seller (and fifth book) The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo — which took inspiration from Old Hollywood glitz and glamour — comes out in paperback later this month.

— susannah hutcheson, USA TODAY, "Taylor Jenkins Reid: How I became a bestselling author," 8 May 2018
Palmer's jersey was among the Cardinals' best sellers, usually just behind Larry Fitzgerald and Patrick Peterson.

— katherine fitzgerald, azcentral, "Cardinals QB Josh Rosen set to take over for Carson Palmer in one way: his jersey number," 27 Apr. 2018

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