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Recent Examples of mark up
Verb
Another lawsuit against StubHub filed in Pennsylvania alleges fees that can mark up prices by as much as 66%.—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 The maintenance records were also supplied in an email to Texas Rangers, who used a yellow highlighter to mark up the work orders about the doors.—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
The Mavic 4 Pro went on sale in May, and while a few units made it to retail shelves stateside during its first few days on sale, US residents who missed that window are stuck importing from another region or buying on eBay at a markup.—PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025 Most bottles are under $100, but splurges such as Bodega Lanzaga Rioja Tabuerniga are also available, at a very reasonable markup.—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mark up
Maybe pecans are pricey this year but walnuts aren’t, or short ribs are marked down while tenderloin costs double.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
And Microsoft just marked down the value of its investment in OpenAI in an accounting move that implies OpenAI lost $12 billion in the most recent quarter.
The wins over Villa and Madrid were achieved with Andy Robertson restored at left-back, at the expense of new signing Milos Kerkez, and with Dominik Szoboszlai bringing more balance and physical presence by reprising last season’s advanced-midfield role.
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Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
The discovery pipeline is reinforced by EFP’s Future Frames — in partnership with Karlovy Vary and spun out to Hamburg and Seville — bringing young helmers into the SEFF ecosystem with shorts spotlights and talent meetings.
Driving that staggering figure is Klimt’s Porträt der Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer), which is predicted to fetch over $150 million.
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Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
12 Nov. 2025
But for much of the past two centuries, Port Renfrew’s main source of employment was not promoting trees but rather chopping them down—particularly, giant, old-growth trees that fetched the highest value.
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