as in to sell
to offer for sale to the public
the textile manufacturer doesn't retail its fabrics to consumers, offering them only to wholesalers and garment makers
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Recent Examples of retail
The Formula 1 superstar cut the ribbon with Rubin, before opening a box of store-exclusive F1 trading cards that retails for $566.
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Andrew MacKie, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
But even after the $12 billion factory was operational, most components were still imported from Asia, and in 2015, four years after the plant was announced, the iPhones made in Brazil retailed for twice the price of iPhones made in China, according to Reuters.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
This is an expensive and very high-tech bike, retailing at $15,999.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Similar bags retail for over $280, but this one costs just $119.
—Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2025
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Andrew MacKie, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
But even after the $12 billion factory was operational, most components were still imported from Asia, and in 2015, four years after the plant was announced, the iPhones made in Brazil retailed for twice the price of iPhones made in China, according to Reuters.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
This is an expensive and very high-tech bike, retailing at $15,999.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Similar bags retail for over $280, but this one costs just $119.
—Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retail
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The mint julep became the event’s official drink in 1939, when racetrack managers began selling the glasses the drinks were served in as souvenirs.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2025
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Zandi said global investors can be expected to sell stocks and bonds in the days ahead on concerns that that Fed independence could be impaired, which would ultimately drive up prices and lead to higher inflation.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The new celebrity owners clearly bought into being ideal stewards of a downtrodden club, and the city of just under 45,000 embraced the unorthodox, reality-show approach to marketing the team.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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If these scientists succeed, technology will have helped produce a baby rhino that is 100% natural northern white rhino—not an imitation or amalgamation marketed as an ecological replacement.—
Douglas McCauley,
Time,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Retail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retail. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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