as in transactions
the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price
my neighbor tried to make a sale, but no one was interested in buying his old car they made enough profit from the sale of the house for a down payment on the new one
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Recent Examples of sales
The 2020 legislation also created penalties for using a bot to get around an online sales platform’s cap on ticket sales and then reselling those tickets at inflated prices.
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Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Minivan sales in America have fallen about 80 percent from their all-time high in 2000.
—The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2024
Christmas may be over, but Amazon’s sales keep giving.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2024
Shop this season’s top products and sales curated by our editors.
—Charles Dunlap, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Minivan sales in America have fallen about 80 percent from their all-time high in 2000.
—The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2024
Christmas may be over, but Amazon’s sales keep giving.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2024
Shop this season’s top products and sales curated by our editors.
—Charles Dunlap, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sales
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales
Noun
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People needed currency for the transactions and loan credits for the business opportunities.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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One of the people to benefit from this was director of transactions Carlos Raphael Moersen, colloquially referred to as ‘Rafi’.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Google Flights’ 2025 Travel Trends pinpoint the exact window for deals, pulling and tracking data from multiple airlines and travel agencies.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The fact that Robertson reportedly asked for team assistance to pursue no-show endorsement deals at that time, only to find them later with Aspiration during Leonard’s Clippers tenure, sets the kind of backdrop that only hurts their case at the moment.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Car purchases are the second largest purchase most households make, if not the largest.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The first of three separate auctions from The Shape of Water and Pinocchio Oscar winner’s collection comes on the heels of the 2025 Venice International Film Festival debut of the writer-director’s latest film, a big-screen adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Anyone can sign up to bid or simply to watch Prop Store’s live auctions, which take place at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Sales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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