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Recent Examples of auctioned
When asked if the Jaguar XJ40 is the most famous vehicle the company has auctioned, Livesey was quick to share that the auction platform has a history of selling cars with links to the rich and famous.
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Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
To celebrate Monroe’s 100th birthday on June 1, five photos from the shoot are being auctioned off through proxy bidding until Tuesday morning, when the live auction will occur.
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Katie Simons,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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.
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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.
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Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
To celebrate Monroe’s 100th birthday on June 1, five photos from the shoot are being auctioned off through proxy bidding until Tuesday morning, when the live auction will occur.
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Katie Simons,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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.
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Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioned
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The supporters started singing a few minutes after the final whistle blew, and the team exchanged hugs on the field.
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The man and the officer exchanged shots, and the man was taken into custody after a short chase, Kansas City Police said.
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And the same applied after Terry and Kim Pegula purchased the franchise in 2014.
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In 1996, Jennifer Ringley, a junior at Dickinson College, in Pennsylvania, purchased a Connectix webcam, the first mass-market gadget of its type.
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Recently, both actresses swapped restrictive jeans for lightweight trousers.
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Two-way deals can be swapped out at any time.
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The only food stall that was open during kickoff sold turkey legs for $23, a smash cheeseburger for $20 and a giant western sausage for $20.
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An oceanfront home in the Laguna Beach enclave of Emerald Bay has quietly sold for $110 million, the highest price in Orange County history.
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This round gives us the working capital to show up the way our retail partners and customers deserve, fully stocked, beautifully merchandised, and with the marketing muscle to match.
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It’s all curated by owner Sylvie Chateigner, who has methodically merchandised the store by color.
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For decades, billions of dollars in advertising have been transacted on Nielsen ratings that tabulate how many people saw a TV program or commercial, and, also on how many people of a certain age or gender did as well.
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While economic impact can be quantified and reported, community impact cannot be so easily transacted.
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As officials negotiated over how to permanently end the war in Iran, a separate plan emerged to break the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Some, like Santa Clarita, have come to the table and already negotiated a settlement.
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The rules have also not been bargained with a players’ association, like in pro sports, so there’s no labor exemption from antitrust scrutiny.
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Lind’s ideal ignores what workers have actually bargained for in the United States, and what pro-worker social democracies already provide.
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“Auctioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auctioned. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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