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Recent Examples of fire sale
Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
If the Rangers get off to a bad start, will Chris Young conduct a fire sale?
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
Economist Clifford Winston told Newsweek that the immediate effects on travel could depend on whether other airlines seek a merger with Spirit—as JetBlue did between 2022 and 2024—or wait until it is liquidated to buy its aircraft at fire-sale prices.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Unlike past Anthropic announcements that resulted in a fire sale of anything and everything investors could think of being even slightly disrupted by AI, this one was a breath of fresh air.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
If the Rangers get off to a bad start, will Chris Young conduct a fire sale?
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
The patients the campaign would help came from a wide pool of people in need — with debt resold at a fire-sale price.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
Economist Clifford Winston told Newsweek that the immediate effects on travel could depend on whether other airlines seek a merger with Spirit—as JetBlue did between 2022 and 2024—or wait until it is liquidated to buy its aircraft at fire-sale prices.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire sale
Noun
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The team won 64% of its duels overall and 81% of aerial duels while making more tackles, interceptions, clearances and more.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026
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Mac Allister got there first, but his scuffed clearance only fell to Mainoo, who calmly passed the ball into the net.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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The Colorado Hospital Association — which opposes the bill — says state laws require all hospitals to screen patients for discounted care, wait six months before garnishing wages, and provide 30 days' notice.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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San Diego Public Library branches also support the event with discounted books in their resale bookshops.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The owners of Prospect set about running those three hospitals and ignoring the conditions of their purchase while state regulators paid no attention.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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His wife carries a handwritten cheat sheet of which authorized-user card to use for which purchase category, updated every three months.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Why do ultra-discount carriers like Spirit and Frontier often struggle in this country, whereas in Europe airlines like Ryanair, Wizz Air, and EasyJet seem to be able to make the same no-frills business model work—with huge benefits for travellers?—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Consumers in the Midwest submitted the most votes for Kroger in the conventional non-discount supermarket category.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Avoiding Negotiations While there are many aspects of a garage sale that might come as a surprise, the fact that people will negotiate shouldn’t be one of them.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Apr. 2026
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When that failed, a trade deadline garage sale was in Donovan’s future, leading to the end-of-season crash that finally saw Karnišovas get axed.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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United for Business comes with everything that will keep your production moving forward – reduced airfare, special rates for equipment, custom booking options, airport escort services and a dedicated entertainment support desk.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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The car detected that the area had been flooded, but proceeded at a reduced speed anyway.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Four days after a historic closeout against the Atlanta Hawks, the Knicks opened the Eastern Conference semifinals by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers 137-98 on Monday night and taking a 1-0 series lead.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Brown showed a third-quarter clip in which the 6-foot-6, 223-pound guard attempted to guard the 7-foot, 270-pound center in the post, unsuccessfully, as Embiid powered through for 2 of his 34 points, to go along with 12 rebounds, in the closeout performance.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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For video, the Avata 360 supports a standard color profile with the same naturally vibrant tones as its JPGs, or a 10-bit flat D-Log M profile with lowered contrast and saturation.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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Dethleffs had to be particularly creative with the toilet room, walling off a private space separate from the remainder of the open floor plan that fits in below the lowered roof.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Fire sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20sale. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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