in the sales
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British
: at a time when many stores have a sale
I bought these shoes in the sales.
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Anglo American has made a series of De Beers asset value write-downs to currently value the business at $4.9 billion but it is not expected to attract a price anywhere near that in the sales process which started last month.
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Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Many items under $500, including food, clothing and back-to-school supplies, are included in the sales tax holiday.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
This can be helpful for ensuring that every lead ends up in the sales pipeline.
—PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
Those catastrophic floods — which left some residents in financial ruins or sparked multimillion-dollar government drainage projects — aren’t even visible blips in the sales data, Bozovic said.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
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Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Many items under $500, including food, clothing and back-to-school supplies, are included in the sales tax holiday.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
This can be helpful for ensuring that every lead ends up in the sales pipeline.
—PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
Those catastrophic floods — which left some residents in financial ruins or sparked multimillion-dollar government drainage projects — aren’t even visible blips in the sales data, Bozovic said.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
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