How to Use initial public offering in a Sentence

initial public offering

noun

• The listing held the record for the world’s largest initial public offering, or IPO, from then until 2019.
  — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 23 June 2023
• The company took in $2.5 billion in revenue last year and is on the cusp of an initial public offering.
  — Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• At any time in these 24 years Berkshire Hathaway could have cashed in all or part of See’s through an initial public offering.
  — Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Investors kicked off 2025 hoping to see the healthy return of what had become a rare species: the initial public offering, or IPO.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 July 2025
• Circle, the issuer of the USDC filed for an initial public offering this week.
  — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
• Zeekr is planning an initial public offering in the US later this year.
  — Linda Lew, Bloomberg.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• The strong open marks the largest initial public offering this year — and the biggest since electric truck maker Rivian in 2021.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
• The dot-com bubble began in August 1995 with the initial public offering of Netscape — provider of a Web browser.
  — Peter Cohan, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• The $531 million initial public offering is Malaysia’s largest in seven years.
  — Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024
• Yanai, second from left, at the initial public offering of Fast Retailing in 1994.
  — Time, 13 Nov. 2023
• On’s stock has been on a roller coaster ride since its initial public offering in September 2021.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025
• Of course, all of this money brings OpenAI closer to an initial public offering.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
• When Rowe took the top job, the company was already well advanced in its planning for an initial public offering.
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 July 2025
• Setting the scene The initial public offering market was booming in 2021.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• The gross proceeds to the company from the initial public offering were $5.5 million, according to the filing.
  — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
• Its initial public offering, or IPO, was the largest in years for a company based in the Sacramento area — and a boon for the region’s small tech community.
  — Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
• Reddit plans to price its initial public offering on 20 March and start trading the following day, two sources told the Financial Times.
  — Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 12 Mar. 2024
• The move comes after the company’s plan in 2020 for an initial public offering in mainland China didn’t end up taking place.
  — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2024
• It’s been on a collision course toward an initial public offering (IPO) for years.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 20 June 2023
• In 2019, the company filed for an initial public offering.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
• The brand has been fundraising for a possible initial public offering.
  — Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
• The goal is for Cainiao to raise least $1 billion in an initial public offering in the Asian financial hub, according to people familiar with the matter.
  — WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023
• Nongfu Spring is trading at its lowest price since its initial public offering in 2020.
  — Yue Wang, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• When the company made its initial public offering in 2018, the IPO filings named Sonos' reliance on competitors as a key weakness.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
• Speaking about Physics Wallah’s future, Pandey said an initial public offering will happen, but wouldn’t be drawn on a timeline.
  — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
• The shares had popped 25% in regular trading Thursday, after the initial public offering was priced a day earlier at $51.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
• After years of eyeing an initial public offering, Reddit is finally planning to take the plunge next week.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024
• Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment spun off from the self-help book publishing outfit via an initial public offering in 2017.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 1 July 2024
• The company failed to convince investors to buy into its planned initial public offering, forcing it to cancel those plans.
  — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• No local tech companies have completed an initial public offering in almost two years, but that’s about to change.
  — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023