: a usually sudden sharp decline in security prices accompanied by increased volume of trading
sold off; selling off; sells off
: to suffer a drop in prices
Examples of sell-off in a Sentence
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Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Bitcoin has roared back from a massive sell-off during the scandal.
—Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
In the meantime, city officials and others are scrambling to prevent a sell-off and shutdown.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Hong Kong mirrored the sell-off in the Mainland’s afternoon sell-off.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Those concerns sparked a sell-off last week, leading all three major indexes to break a five-week streak of gains.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Some analysts had predicted a sell-off after the Nvidia announcement, a reaction to just how high its share price has risen.
—Don Clark, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But the ruling Communist Party may have chosen him as a way of signaling its resolve to protect smaller investors who have taken a drubbing in the recent sell-offs.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
News of the bill has spooked investors, leading to a large-scale sell-off of shares in various biotech companies after an analyst call organized by BofA Global Research.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 5 Feb. 2024
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
In the past, Peltz has suggested selling off assets, which could include ESPN or the ABC television network.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Boeing could learn a lot from Larry Culp's strategy at GE, which prioritized paying down debt, selling off non-essential assets to streamline the company's structure, and establishing a culture of openness and accountability.
—Jim Osman, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Mired in controversy, financial problems and federal investigations, Location Ventures’s board of directors ousted Kapoor and hired a former judge to sell off assets and pay creditors.
—Susan Merriam, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Any of them might pursue their own actions against being coerced to sell off a stake in the company’s biggest global success story.
—Eva Dou, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
But Phoenix neighborhood activist Mary Crozier pointed out that churches can already sell off part of their land and develop it according to normal neighborhood zoning regulations.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
Water board president Leah King asked the consultants why acreage should be set aside for open space rather than just getting top dollar by selling off all the land.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2024
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill that would force TikTok’s owner, Bytedance, to sell off the app or face an outright ban.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Noun
The sell-off signals that McMahon is unwinding his financial ties to TKO, amid his ongoing legal woes.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Bitcoin has roared back from a massive sell-off during the scandal.
—Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
In the meantime, city officials and others are scrambling to prevent a sell-off and shutdown.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Hong Kong mirrored the sell-off in the Mainland’s afternoon sell-off.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Those concerns sparked a sell-off last week, leading all three major indexes to break a five-week streak of gains.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Some analysts had predicted a sell-off after the Nvidia announcement, a reaction to just how high its share price has risen.
—Don Clark, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But the ruling Communist Party may have chosen him as a way of signaling its resolve to protect smaller investors who have taken a drubbing in the recent sell-offs.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
News of the bill has spooked investors, leading to a large-scale sell-off of shares in various biotech companies after an analyst call organized by BofA Global Research.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 5 Feb. 2024
Verb
Iger has smartly resisted bringing in strategic partners with questionable value-add or selling off ESPN on the cheap.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
In the past, Peltz has suggested selling off assets, which could include ESPN or the ABC television network.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Boeing could learn a lot from Larry Culp's strategy at GE, which prioritized paying down debt, selling off non-essential assets to streamline the company's structure, and establishing a culture of openness and accountability.
—Jim Osman, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Mired in controversy, financial problems and federal investigations, Location Ventures’s board of directors ousted Kapoor and hired a former judge to sell off assets and pay creditors.
—Susan Merriam, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Any of them might pursue their own actions against being coerced to sell off a stake in the company’s biggest global success story.
—Eva Dou, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
But Phoenix neighborhood activist Mary Crozier pointed out that churches can already sell off part of their land and develop it according to normal neighborhood zoning regulations.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
Water board president Leah King asked the consultants why acreage should be set aside for open space rather than just getting top dollar by selling off all the land.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2024
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill that would force TikTok’s owner, Bytedance, to sell off the app or face an outright ban.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
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