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Recent Examples of fire sale
Noun
Burden is now prepping for a kind of fancy fire sale, organized with Christie’s. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2025 However, this fire sale is more of a fire lease, as the incentives are heavier for leases. Hughey Newsome, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 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 See All Example Sentences for fire sale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire sale
Noun
  • These changes deliver eight inches of ground clearance and nine inches of wheel travel.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This feature flags products that are on sale—including Black Friday deals, Rollbacks, and clearance items—in a customer’s local Walmart store.
    Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Some of these people will likely qualify for discounted care.
    Michelle Andrews, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Vietnam’s Communist Party chief, To Lam, visited North Korea in early October — the first such trip in nearly two decades — while reports suggest Hanoi may pursue the purchase of 40 Russian Su-35 fighter jets.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Under Baer, Stitch Fix has been opening the aperture and is letting consumers get larger fixes on their own timetables as well as shipments based on a theme or built around a purchase through the platform’s freestyle service.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • In July 2025, Sparks held a garage sale, which violated the enforcement order.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Newly-solo Lionsgate on Thursday posted sharply lower overall film and TV businesses’ revenues and a reduced loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2026.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The holiday kits offer a complete Thanksgiving spread at a reduced price, including everything needed for a delicious feast such as turkey and classic sides like mac and cheese, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and of course, pie.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • While bringing Ohtani out of the bullpen is tempting, especially for those who remember his closeout performance at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, there's a better way to handle it, because of the rules Major League Baseball created to help cater to Ohtani's unique two-way abilities.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This season’s closeout lineup is no different, with deals up to 77% off.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Even with lowered rents, The Grand’s residents aren’t staying long.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • 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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“Fire sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20sale. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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