How to Use sell short in a Sentence

sell short

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• Every investment must remain attractive from today’s price, not from the price at which it was originally purchased or sold short.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
• As many as 23 million of the company’s American depositary receipts are now sold short, according to S3 Partners.
  — Yun Li, CNBC, 29 July 2026
• About 185 million SpaceX shares are now sold short, representing roughly 29% of the company’s publicly tradable float and about $25 billion in bearish wagers, according to S3 Partners.
  — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 July 2026
• About 185 million SpaceX shares are now sold short, representing roughly 29% of the company's publicly tradable float and about $25 billion in bearish wagers, according to S3 Partners.
  — Yun Li, CNBC, 16 July 2026
• About 206 million SpaceX shares are now sold short, representing roughly 32% of the company's publicly tradable float and about $25 billion in notional bearish bets, according to estimates from S3 Partners.
  — Yun Li, CNBC, 21 July 2026