retails

verb

present tense third-person singular of retail
as in sells
to offer for sale to the public the textile manufacturer doesn't retail its fabrics to consumers, offering them only to wholesalers and garment makers

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Recent Examples of retails The actress opted for the Betzábe Ilse style, which retails for $895. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026 The special anniversary set comes in two versions, Day and Night, and retails for about $180. — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
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sells
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  • Anthropic is best known for developing a family of AI models called Claude, and the company primarily sells its products and services to other businesses.
    — Ashley Capoot,Leslie Picker, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Florentine sells an affordable designer butter knife ($35) engraved with an abstract illustration by Oded Webman, which transforms a mundane kitchen utensil into a small work of art.
    — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026
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“Retails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retails. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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