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Recent Examples of fire sale
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
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.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
Rebecca Mead,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2026
Today, there’s no chance of scooping up a 964 at what used to be fire-sale prices.
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Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
2 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The Home Depot is running a bunch of appealing deals on Makita tools as part of its Spring Black Friday fire sale right now.
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Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
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.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Though the acquisition of Premiere — done in large part because the parent company owns all the other international editions of Premiere — was costly, most Hachette buys are at fire-sale prices.
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Rebecca Mead,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2026
Today, there’s no chance of scooping up a 964 at what used to be fire-sale prices.
—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire sale
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For those of you with high clearance vehicles, a four-wheel-drive road branches off toward Echo Park Campground, a secluded riverside site that’s only accessible when the road is dry.
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Christensen suggests the state should instead focus on stripping back environmental regulations that make brush clearance and fire prevention costly, which would ensure state firefighters are not working excessive overtime and the state budget is not being stretched beyond its means.
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Capacity was 66 percent across the performances, suggesting discounted and free ticketing.
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The discounted model at Woot includes a Premium Pen stylus for handwriting and drawing.
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Elliott said that municipalities could issue bonds to cover the cost of the purchase and then pay those debts back over time at lower interest rates through the revenues collected from customers.
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But when shares dropped in early June along with the rest of the REIT sector, CIO Dave Boitano took advantage for his third 10,000-share direct purchase in roughly a year’s time.
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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?
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Consumers in the Midwest submitted the most votes for Kroger in the conventional non-discount supermarket category.
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Years earlier, Taylor's mother had purchased it at a garage sale without knowing anything about its history.
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The modern American estate sale is a hybrid of a garage sale and a thrift store, with items priced individually, and shoppers left free to browse without close supervision.
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Nienhuis said Billy Mansfield previously indicated there could be more bodies in Hernando, Pasco and Pinellas counties, but investigators were unable to reach an agreement that would have provided additional information in exchange for reduced charges.
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Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.
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Bridges did the same in Game 6, the closeout game against the Hawks, shooting 10-for-12 after having almost disappeared earlier in the series.
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Both Brunson and Knicks coach Mike Brown screamed at the referees for not calling a foul on Wembanyama, which could have been ruled a flagrant closeout.
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The beat comes on lowered expectations, after the company gave disappointing guidance in February that fell short of analyst estimates.
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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.
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“Fire sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20sale. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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