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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
Today the marketplace hosts livestream auctions across categories including apparel, sneakers, luxury accessories, trading cards, sports memorabilia, watches, beauty products, food and beverages, and clearance merchandise. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026 Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo reported $235 million in watch auctions in the first half, marking its largest ever. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 24 July 2026 With tastings, master classes, wine-and-food pairing seminars, conversations, concerts, and in several cases, auctions, wine festivals offer something for everyone from novice to expert. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 23 July 2026 That made auctions, somewhat counterintuitively, one of the more attractive places to buy important works over the past six months. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026 This year the California Air Resources Board overhauled its cap-and-trade auctions, where refiners and other businesses purchase rights to emit greenhouse gases. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 The next auctions, called Space Exploration and History of Science and Technology, will take place on Wednesday, July 15. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 14 July 2026 With price tags of $30 million or more, no museum or other public institution can afford to participate in these auctions, according to Brusatte. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctions
  1. sales
  2. exchanges
  3. transactions
  4. swaps
  5. negotiations
  6. bargains
  7. purchases
  8. deals
Noun
  • While air conditioning accounts for a small portion of Chinese exports to the EU, China has seized on the surge in sales as evidence that European consumers need Chinese products.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • The draw game sales figure doesn’t include state revenue from the recent rollover jackpots in the multi-state games of Powerball and Mega Millions, where the winning ticket on Tuesday was sold at a Wawa in Bradenton.
    — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 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
  • Roughly 90% of foreign-exchange transactions involve the dollar; the alternatives — gold, Treasuries, the euro — trail far behind.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • Payment transactions at a grocery store run through a data center.
    — Kristine Lazar, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of transactions
Verb
  • When day turns to night and the city swaps coffee cups for cocktail glasses, sample some of the country’s best mixed drinks, wines and, of course, whisky.
    — Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Agurto is one of 25 veterans who, over the past two years, have turned to a program that swaps a therapist’s couch for a racing simulator.
    — Laurie Mermet, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of swaps
Noun
  • Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei had again poured cold water on the notion of direct negotiations with the United States.
    — Mike Sheen, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In the same interview, Rezaei said Iran is focused only on negotiations with Oman about the Strait of Hormuz, not with the United States.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 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
  • Today, there is still no standardized way to connect someone who watches a creator’s recommendation, thinks about it for a week, researches the product elsewhere, and ultimately purchases through another channel.
    — Zoe Soon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • In its fiscal year ending on March 31, digital downloads accounted for 78 percent of Sony’s full-game unit purchases.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Definition of purchases
Verb
  • To two young stars whose endorsement deals dwarf their league salaries, $400 is probably couch-cushion change.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • The online shop currently has under-the-radar deals up to 80 percent off, from early fall clothing to cozy home upgrades.
    — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of deals

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