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Recent Examples of mark up
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
The shaft penetrated its mark up to the feathers.
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Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Prepackaged vegetables can carry a significant markup and may not stay fresh as long as their whole counterparts.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
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Verb
The House last week put plans to mark up an institutional investors proposal on ice while the Senate advanced its version.
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Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
The shaft penetrated its mark up to the feathers.
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Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
The New Jersey Transit rail price for a round-trip game is $98, having initially been set at $150, but still a seven-times markup on usual fares.
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Prepackaged vegetables can carry a significant markup and may not stay fresh as long as their whole counterparts.
—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mark up
Verb
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It’s currently marked down over 60% off—extra points if your bed frame is upholstered in a matching bouclé material.
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They’re marked down in summer-forward hues, too.
Noun
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In fact, the operating margin would have increased year over year if not for the surcharge dynamic.
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While gas prices have cooled in recent weeks, the wartime surcharge is still adding more than $360 million a day in higher gasoline costs.
Verb
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That matters because markets often start discounting improvement before the media narrative changes.
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Martha Stewart also quietly discounted this crisp percale set, as well as these light green cooling sheets that come with matching cooling pillowcases.
Noun
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This means that plaintiffs will recover somewhere between 26% and 53% of overcharge damages, according to one of the court documents—far beyond the typical amount, which lands between 5% and 15%.
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Jurors confused an overcharge with a discount.
Verb
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Both wore Portugal flags and brought the patience required for World Cup logistics, where getting to the stadium is an extended — and often pricey — process.
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In 1980, Brown founded Black College Day, attracting 18,000 students to help bring attention to historically Black colleges and universities and encourage students to consider those institutions.
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Other advantages include the fact that ownership of compute may reduce dependency on price fluctuations and gouging.
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But the buildup to America’s first time hosting the World Cup since 1994 has been nonstop controversy, from exorbitant ticket cost and price-gouging for public transportation to our country’s far-right immigration policies scaring away many would-be visitors.
Verb
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Most stickers are not valuable by themselves, though older ones — such as the debuts of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo — can fetch hundreds of dollars.
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This Mondial, produced just a year after the Bring a Trailer example, fetched a little under four times the price, or $123,000.
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“Mark up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mark%20up. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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