auctioned

past tense of auction

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of auctioned At The Quail, the company showed the R1S Quad Pebble Beach, which was auctioned off earlier in the week at the Broad Arrow Monterey Jet Center Auction for $175,000, $45,000 more than its auction estimate. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025 The Missions’ jerseys will be auctioned immediately after Saturday’s game, while the jerseys worn by the Padres and Red Sox will be placed in an online auction next week. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioned
Verb
  • As a public institution, UVU upholds First Amendment rights and fosters an environment where ideas – popular or controversial – can be exchanged freely, energetically, and civilly.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Last September, when news broke that another friend of Kraus’s, the journalist Olivia Nuzzi, had exchanged intimate texts with Kennedy, Kraus wrote a Substack post accusing Nuzzi of ensnaring Kennedy and insulted her looks on Instagram.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Dutch driver likely purchased the car at its full price of approximately $475,000, along with an additional set of wheels and a package of spares.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • His brother Chris Tobler purchased their grandparents' home a few years ago.
    Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a key change with the new product range, the Silicon Valley giant swapped the mid-tier iPhone Plus model for the iPhone Air – which the company touts as its thinnest iPhone ever.
    James Powel, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The entire fin also removes so that a dead battery can be swapped immediately for a fresh one, even without getting out of the water.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of her responsibilities was managing the relationship with book distributors and working closely with the sales and distribution team that sold books to bookstores.
    Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the largest recent jackpot in the state since June, when an unnamed winner scored a $10 million win from a scratcher bought in Barley Bin Liquor in Whittier, and Steven Muhlestein won a $10 million Super Bonus in May from a scratcher sold at Vintage Wine Shoppe & Liquor in Concord.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • No matter how they're merchandised, take notice of these home staples.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • To make way for the changes, Nordstrom has moved the jewelry and handbag departments so that each, too, will be merchandised together as full groups.
    Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • ClubNFT launched as a safety net to protect the digital artifacts transacted via NFTs, backing up more than a million digital artworks and assets owned by the world’s leading collectors.
    Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Further, however, signs concerning the sales and use permit also were posted at the location, saying no sales can be transacted there.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Also in the package, which was negotiated behind closed doors during the final days of the 9-month legislative session, were deals to replenish the state wildfire fund and create a regional electric grid for western states to trade excess energy.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Bay Area state senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin had negotiated a $750 million loan for transit into this year’s budget, meant to avoid service cuts until voters authorize a potential regional sales tax measure in November 2026 that could provide longterm replacement for farebox revenue.
    Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Union leaders bargained with the administration for those who were laid off to receive three months of severance, rather than two weeks of pay per year of service; three months of COBRA insurance coverage; and rehiring priority for any positions becoming vacant over the next two years.
    News Desk, Artforum, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Details about the appeal are confidential per arbitration standards and collectively bargained terms.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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