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
Black Friday is nearly here, but like every year in recent memory, the sales seem to roll out earlier and earlier.
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Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
According to Bernstein, Lululemon’s sales grew 135 percent year-over-year in September, with strong momentum online.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2025
Those ticket sales include $40 million in North America and $40 million in 52 international markets.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Nov. 2025
According to a Cadillac spokesperson, these new models are bringing younger customers to the brand, which has reported 13 straight quarters of sales growth.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
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Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
According to Bernstein, Lululemon’s sales grew 135 percent year-over-year in September, with strong momentum online.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2025
Those ticket sales include $40 million in North America and $40 million in 52 international markets.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Nov. 2025
According to a Cadillac spokesperson, these new models are bringing younger customers to the brand, which has reported 13 straight quarters of sales growth.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sales
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sales
Noun
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American Express relies on airlines to submit the correct information on airline transactions to identify incidental fee purchases.—
Harlan Vaughn,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Crypto mining, like AI, relies heavily on graphic processing units, or GPUs, with the chips racing to solve complicated algorithms that spit out currency rewards for correctly verifying blockchain transactions, and CoreWeave was a steady buyer.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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To offer more deals, and earlier in the season.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Credit-rating agencies saw richer locales as very likely to repay their debts and gave them sweet deals on interest rates, which meant that these towns owed less to those who’d bought their bonds.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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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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Although auctions are a ubiquitous form of fundraising that vary in effectiveness depending on what’s crossing the block and who benefits, philanthropic bidding will be in overdrive at a single-lot event in Las Vegas on November 21.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
10 Nov. 2025
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The auctions have raised more than £5million in total for the charity, with £483,000 generated in support last season by Premier League clubs.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Sales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sales. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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