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
  • Blue Moon, written by Robert Kaplow (2008's Me and Orson Welles) was inspired by the real letters Larry and Elizabeth exchanged, as a title card in the movie states.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Scream star bent down to share an embrace with the rock icon and exchanged some words.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kenwood Investments purchased two lots behind the club in 2022 for $325,000, Mecklenburg County property records show.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The 200-acre campus, now called Aspiria, is a contender for a potential Royals ballpark after the team confirmed that an affiliate purchased the mortgage of the campus in the spring, giving the team some financial leverage over the site.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In another example, against Real Sociedad in the knockout phase of the same competition in March, Alejandro Garnacho and Diogo Dalot have swapped positions, with winger Garnacho in the right wing-back slot.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That pulled him into online gardening forums, tomato discussion groups, and eventually weekly potluck dinners where enthusiasts traded Appalachian beans and swapped tips on pest control.
    Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The email included a link to an ad for energy-efficient home appliances sold by a subsidiary of Whirlpool in Brazil.
    Kyle Ingram, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Powerball winners, results for 9/6/25 lottery drawing jackpot A ticket bought in Missouri and a ticket sold in Texas matched all six numbers to win Saturday night's Powerball jackpot.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 7 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
  • The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s Acquisitions Executive Max Hart and Kinology’s CEO Grégoire Melin.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Participation alone seems to be the end goal, the assemblage of a cacophony of voices without any avenues to interrogate the way power is shared or negotiated in collective spaces.
    Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 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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“Auctioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auctioned. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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