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noun

plural of auction
as in sales
a public event at which things are sold to the people who offer to pay the most She bought the desk at an auction. He made several bids at the auction.

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verb

present tense third-person singular of auction
as in exchanges

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Recent Examples of auctions
Noun
The collection will be offered across two auctions in late July. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 July 2026 Meanwhile, Christie’s shuttered its pioneering digital art department in September, folding digital works back into its broader contemporary sales after none of its dedicated auctions broke $400,000. — Jackie Snow, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026 Walter has conducted auctions on Tom Joyner cruises and at fundraisers for organizations such as Alpha Kappa Alpha and the Links. — Sheryl Nance-Nash, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026 Keep reading to learn which vintage fabric types and makers fetch high amounts in auctions, as well as expert tips to identify valuable fabrics at thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026 Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell addressed concerns over the affordability of watching NFL games as the league auctions off broadcasts to more and more streaming services. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 But the same pressures appear across entertainment, retail, auctions, remote production, public safety, surveillance and industrial monitoring applications. — Chris Allen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Many antique purchases for the store are made through private sales between dealers, but some of Corbett’s favorite and most prized possessions have come from auctions and estate sales. — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 The state’s marquee climate program auctions emission permits to major polluters and uses the revenue to support climate programs and provide credits to utility customers. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctions
  1. sales
  2. exchanges
  3. transactions
  4. swaps
  5. negotiations
  6. bargains
  7. purchases
  8. deals
Noun
  • This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • While the early successes in the group stage had casual fans buzzing about a trip to the July 19 final—which, come on already—the sales teams at Fox and Telemundo weren’t gaming out long-range strategies for either the USMNT or Mexico.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of sales
Verb
  • Thomas regularly exchanges texts and Instagram messages with Alex’s mother, Leah, in Perth, while enjoying the company of his father, Damien, a former Australian rules football player, when the Condons travel stateside.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of exchanges
Noun
  • The transactions facilitated on these platforms occur entirely independently of FIFA’s official ticketing platform.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Consumers can help protect themselves from skimming by inspecting card readers before use, covering the keypad when entering a PIN, monitoring account activity regularly, and promptly reporting suspicious transactions to their financial institution.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
Definition of transactions
Verb
  • As its name suggests, the 9060 Mule trims down the sneaker from its usual height, removes the heel in favor of a backless look with an adjustable support strap and swaps out materials for an even more breathable summertime build.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
  • When the response comes back, the gateway swaps the tokens back with the original real values.
    — Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of swaps
Noun
  • The White House allowed the bill to become law without a signature while continuing negotiations over separate election and voter identification legislation.
    — Nakell Williams, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • The latest exchange casts further doubt over the future of the interim peace agreement signed last month, a deal that had sought to pave the way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war after 60 days of negotiations.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Definition of negotiations
Verb
  • The union usually bargains in the same year as performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and directors’ union the Directors Guild of America.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2026
  • One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of bargains
Verb
  • The company is also evolving its Pay Per Crawl experiment into a broader Pay Per Use model, where publishers could be paid when their content appears in an AI result or when an agent purchases premium information for a specific task.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • China currently purchases roughly 90% of Iran's oil exports, with teapots accounting for the bulk of China's imports.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 June 2026
Definition of purchases
Verb
  • The state sponsor of terrorism label, first imposed on Syria in 1979 after a previous regime sided with Palestinian militants, continues to repel the business deals the country needs to recover from its crippling civil war.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
  • Keep scrolling for the can't-miss Amazon deals to snag before the long weekend comes to a close.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 3 July 2026
Definition of deals

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