Thesaurus results for CONSIGNMENT

consignment

noun

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as in entrustment

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Recent Examples of consignment Recently, Cardi spilled the contents of her Chanel purse in a new campaign for luxury consignment brand Fashionphile — all while cracking a joke about spending her last two summers pregnant. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026 Facebook Marketplace and local consignment shops are also excellent places to look. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026 There are brick-and-mortar shops and online businesses, thrift stores and consignment shops and vintage stores. — Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 9 June 2026 Today, resale apps, consignment shops, and secondhand racks have gone fully mainstream—partly because of inflation, but also because younger consumers increasingly see bargain hunting as smart money management instead of a stigma. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for consignment

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Kenneth has been charged with obstructing official business and wrongful entrustment.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Duncan Disposal, also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, is accused of vicarious liability, negligent hiring, retention and supervision, and negligent entrustment.

— Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of entrustment

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Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, a major cargo hub, were disrupted during the night after a sighting of a flying object was reported and another object was found near a runway, police said Wednesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
How much information would Iran demand about ships’ cargoes and destinations?

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of cargo

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Companies with low delivery volume, limited geographic reach or highly standardized shipment profiles often don't have enough network variability to justify the investment.

— Nishith Rastogi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
This is important for healthcare companies because if a delay threatens a temperature-sensitive shipment, the package can be rerouted or returned to the sender before the medicine is compromised.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 July 2026

Definition of shipment

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Will blue state legislators and governors protect them from its attempt at more governmental control over institutions, while red state policy makers embrace its far-reaching restrictions and mandates?

— Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
There are exceptions—most notably, the 2012 Obamacare ruling, when Roberts angered conservatives by finding a convoluted way to determine that the individual insurance mandate was constitutional.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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An explosives-laden drone was discovered at a German airport in one of Europe’s busiest freight terminals near Ukrainian cargo planes.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Transportation investments can route highways, truck traffic and freight corridors through particular neighborhoods, which increases residents’ exposure to diesel particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide.

— Mahbubur Meenar, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of freight

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Over time, however, retailers may begin evaluating whether certain promotions, bundles or low-ticket offers create an outsized number of cash adjustments.

— Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Occasionally, a dealership offers a service promotion such as lifetime free oil changes funded by the dealership.

— Sean Tucker, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of promotion

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Ground handling and tarmac loading have fully resumed, though flight schedules will require another 24-to-48 hours to clear passenger and freighter backlogs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
In a report Monday, Windward said Kharg’s western terminal had seen no loadings for 22 consecutive days, the liquid petroleum gas terminal for 13 days and the eastern terminal for 10 days.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

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