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a person who runs an auction
The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
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Recent Examples of auctioneers
The podcast will be rooted in Riles’ background as a longtime Hollywood audience warm-up comedian and one of the country’s top benefit auctioneers.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
Each speech in Policy is time-limited; kids speak like gasping auctioneers to cram in arguments their opponents must try to rebut.
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Eli Durst,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
On the styling front, Park drew on research into real-world auctioneers to develop a look that tracked Seol-ah’s shifting emotional states.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
The following year, the auctioneers sold a bronze participants medal from the 1920 Antwerp Olympics for £640 ($875).
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Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
At the heart of this tradition are the auctioneers, whose skill can determine not only the outcome of a sale but also the livelihoods of the exhibitors.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
This iteration is one of just 30 300 SLs that were delivered to France, according to the auctioneers.
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Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
12 Jan. 2026
During Ghost Month, the seventh month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, auctioneers sell seemingly ordinary items—backpacks, calculators, tchotchkes—imbued with a spiritual charge thought to bring good luck.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
That includes the classic auction with auctioneers speaking really fast, selling antiques or paintings or whatever.
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Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
Each speech in Policy is time-limited; kids speak like gasping auctioneers to cram in arguments their opponents must try to rebut.
—
Eli Durst,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
On the styling front, Park drew on research into real-world auctioneers to develop a look that tracked Seol-ah’s shifting emotional states.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
The following year, the auctioneers sold a bronze participants medal from the 1920 Antwerp Olympics for £640 ($875).
—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
At the heart of this tradition are the auctioneers, whose skill can determine not only the outcome of a sale but also the livelihoods of the exhibitors.
—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
This iteration is one of just 30 300 SLs that were delivered to France, according to the auctioneers.
—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
12 Jan. 2026
During Ghost Month, the seventh month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, auctioneers sell seemingly ordinary items—backpacks, calculators, tchotchkes—imbued with a spiritual charge thought to bring good luck.
—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
That includes the classic auction with auctioneers speaking really fast, selling antiques or paintings or whatever.
—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioneers
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As the managing broker of RE/MAX United's Raleigh office, Edwards has spent nearly 13 years helping buyers and sellers navigate one of life's biggest transitions.
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But because World Cup ticket prices have surged since the tournament began, those sellers have been forced to either buy expensive tickets to fulfill their orders or cancel and accept penalties from resale platforms.
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It is sold on street corners from vendors with large gourds, and also seen mixed with spirits on cocktail menus in upscale restaurants throughout the state.
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The thunderous cry rings out over a crowd gathered in front of a television propped up on plastic tables and past a maze of vendors lining a bustling working-class neighborhood in downtown Mexico City.
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Many of these important pieces ended up in museums around the world thanks to art dealers who either faked provenance papers or smuggled them out of the country.
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In the real world, automakers can use the allocation to pressure dealers into doing just about anything.
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After settling along India’s west coast, many Parsis built their lives as merchants in bustling ports.
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Well over 90 percent of the Africans captured in Africa and shipped across the Atlantic were captured by African merchants and African elites.
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Oil prices edged lower as traders continued to monitor tanker traffic through the waterway.
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In the futures markets, traders priced in the possibility of a rate rise in September.
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