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Recent Examples of asking price
Multiple offers—including cash bids above the asking price—came in quickly, but the singer wasn’t ready to part with the hillside retreat and ultimately pulled the deal, the New York Post reported.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2026
The couple first listed the house last year for $799,000 and later reduced their asking price to $749,000 and then to $724,000 before taking it off the market in January.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
The Pats have explored trading for Brown, though the Eagles’ asking price was unserious a week ago, according to team sources.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Desirable listings commonly attract two to four offers, with buyers needing to come in near — or slightly above — asking price.
—Allison Palmer
updated February 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2026
The couple first listed the house last year for $799,000 and later reduced their asking price to $749,000 and then to $724,000 before taking it off the market in January.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
The Pats have explored trading for Brown, though the Eagles’ asking price was unserious a week ago, according to team sources.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Desirable listings commonly attract two to four offers, with buyers needing to come in near — or slightly above — asking price.
—Allison Palmer
updated February 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for asking price
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Its market value now stands at roughly $80 billion, far higher than Germany’s biggest carmakers, including Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Lanzone, 55, finally got his chance after the private equity firm Apollo Global Management paid $5 billion to take over Yahoo in September 2021 — a fraction of its peak $125 billion market value reached during the dot-com boom’s giddy days in early 2000.—
Michael Liedtke,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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According to First Databank, Vowst’s list price is $19,680 for 12 pills and Rebyota’s is $9,411 for one enema bag.—
Eric Boodman,
STAT,
23 Mar. 2026
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On average, buyers paid nearly 3% over the list price in 2025, essentially unchanged from the previous year.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
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While well below the Mountain View per-unit price, the Sunnyvale deal was generally at a similar level as some recent apartment transactions in South San Jose.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The publication suggests that the unit price could be as low as $10,000, signaling Beijing’s push to make advanced loitering munitions affordable for mass deployment.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Use premium over spot per ounce as your baseline, since weight and product type can skew the total sticker price.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The base window sticker price for this GT-Line Turbo Edition is $28,790.—
Tony Leopardo,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The median monthly rent and home value are $1,891 and $376,723, respectively.—
Chase Jordan
March 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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But Trump’s election proved that a sizable contingent of the population had no problem imposing their values on others—and even hoped that the government might do so for them.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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According to an analysis from ESPN, Walker posted a pass-block win rate of 94% in 2025, 11th most among offensive tackles.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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The surge is also hitting refinance demand, not just purchases, as higher rates have reversed activity that had briefly improved earlier in the month.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Residents who live within District 29 boundaries, including Northfield and some Northbrook homeowners, with a $500,000 fair market value home can expect to see an annual property tax increase of $444.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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But Caltrans had originally bought the land using federal funds, and regulations require that excess land bought with federal money be sold at fair market value.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Asking price.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asking%20price. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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