auctioning

present participle of auction

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Verb
  • After exchanging zeros, All-Star catcher Will Smith pounded a solo home run with two outs in the 11th inning.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Take William Shakespeare, who is often portrayed as a carouser, downing pints while exchanging barbs with his fellow writers, cheating on his wife with both men and women, passionately engaging his quill to reimagine the very nature of the human being.
    Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Houck underlined that swapping Princeton’s components into Google’s best quantum processor would enable it to work 1,000 times better.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
  • That could include reducing the amount of alfalfa and other hay crops used to feed livestock, or swapping out wheat and sorghum and instead planting corn and potatoes.
    Huma Tariq Malik, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Means, still living in Phoenix, started the merchandizing company Hello Merch in 2008.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • LaVonne was a fashion design and merchandising major and dance team member, while Joel studied agribusiness.
    Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the seven years since purchasing the Betty Crocker House, the Myers have taken on almost every home project imaginable, for better and for worse.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • After being introduced to Picasso, Stein quickly developed a close relationship with him, discussing his work in his cluttered studio, giving him loans, and purchasing his paintings.
    Daphne Merkin, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the Cambrian explosion of technologies, the startups taking them to the market competed for survival by selling credits.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Starbucks offloads its China business Starbucks is selling a 60% stake in its China business to Boyu Capital, a Chinese private equity firm.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • People are still buying books, young and older readers alike.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Under the deal, users of the Amazon DSP (demand side platform) ad-buying system now have access to inventory on iHeartMedia’s streaming music and livestreaming radio channels.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • All-time highs were realized for both transacting and paid accounts.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This is why Sabi built TRACE, a digital infrastructure designed for Africa’s producers, miners, and traders to prove legitimacy and meet global standards for transacting with the rest of the world.
    Anu Adedoyin Adasolum, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s true so long as the two sides are bargaining in good faith.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • What were the musicians bargaining for?
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
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