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Recent Examples of fire sale
Hughey Newsome, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
By the federal government’s own standards, USAID’s fire sale is unacceptable.
—Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 July 2025
Williams sprung the movie from IP jail through a fire-sale purchase of a tranche of Weinstein’s most infamous and treasured films.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 10 June 2025
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Noun
However, this fire sale is more of a fire lease, as the incentives are heavier for leases.
—Hughey Newsome, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
By the federal government’s own standards, USAID’s fire sale is unacceptable.
—Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
By Steven Church, Bloomberg A portfolio of valuable California properties, including a hotel in the exclusive enclave of Laguna Beach, may be forced into liquidation at fire-sale prices because of a bitter court fight between the owners.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 July 2025
Williams sprung the movie from IP jail through a fire-sale purchase of a tranche of Weinstein’s most infamous and treasured films.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire sale
Noun
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Those employees work on reassembling warheads, among the most sensitive jobs across the nuclear weapons enterprise, with the highest levels of clearance.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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It was also suggested that shooting locations inside Cairo historic cemeteries earmarked for clearance to make way for new roads and infrastructure projects may have been deemed politically inconvenient.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The cheapest way to accomplish this is to go to the store and look for discounted paint that never got picked up.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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Some of these people will likely qualify for discounted care.—
Michelle Andrews,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other ways in which your journey will be transformed thanks to the newest It-purchase in the world of travel?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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The data includes digital purchase and cancellation receipts, consumer subscription signals, and credit, debit and banking data.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Long-term fans of the discount German grocery chain are quick to rave about the low prices, fun seasonal food finds, and the treasures that await each week in the famed middle aisle.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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Aldi, the discount German grocer, is having a grand opening for its University City store at 9609 N. Tryon St. on Thursday, Sept. 4, according to the company.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In July 2025, Sparks held a garage sale, which violated the enforcement order.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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The result looks less like a coffee table in a home and more like a display table at a garage sale.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Investigators say Velez’s legal troubles began nearly a year ago, when she was accused of using fake barcodes at a Cape Coral Target to purchase items at reduced prices, thefts that police say were confirmed through security video and her own TikTok activity.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After three perfect innings in the closeout game against the Phillies, Sasaki’s velocity was down and his command was off.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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Last season, this would have been a Wembanyama contested 3 or a drive past the closeout to try to attack the rim.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This was highlighted by the fact that Psyche’s April 2024 message – beamed from a distance of 225 million kilometers – reached Earth at a lowered 25 megabits per second.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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Most commonly that’s expressed as a shrinking number of cable viewers and the lowered subscription and ad revenue that comes with it.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Fire sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20sale. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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