as in to market
to offer for sale to the public
used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market
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Recent Examples of sell
Amazon Haul was introduced late last year by the e-commerce giant to sell low-cost goods to compete with Temu and Shein.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
Hims & Hers will not be selling compounded versions of Wegovy and Ozempic after May 22, following the Food and Drug Administration’s announcement that the GLP-1 shortage is over.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
To offset the tariff costs, Williams, who runs his business alone, raised the price of his game slightly on Amazon – his primary sales platform – and has already noticed the games sold at a slower pace.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
As a significant constituent of the major indices, Netflix could face selling pressure from passive investors if the markets decline further.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
Hims & Hers will not be selling compounded versions of Wegovy and Ozempic after May 22, following the Food and Drug Administration’s announcement that the GLP-1 shortage is over.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
To offset the tariff costs, Williams, who runs his business alone, raised the price of his game slightly on Amazon – his primary sales platform – and has already noticed the games sold at a slower pace.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
As a significant constituent of the major indices, Netflix could face selling pressure from passive investors if the markets decline further.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sell
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The new celebrity owners clearly bought into being ideal stewards of a downtrodden club, and the city of just under 45,000 embraced the unorthodox, reality-show approach to marketing the team.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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If these scientists succeed, technology will have helped produce a baby rhino that is 100% natural northern white rhino—not an imitation or amalgamation marketed as an ecological replacement.—
Douglas McCauley,
Time,
27 Apr. 2025
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Device now holds more than 2,500 retail accounts and distributes its beer from Bakersfield to Southern Oregon, according to its website.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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That strategy drew a furious response from some of the city’s employee unions, who distributed posters comparing Villaraigosa to Wisconsin’s then-Gov. Scott Walker, viewed at that time as a strident foe of organized labor.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Similar bags retail for over $280, but this one costs just $119.—
Claire Gallam,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2025
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The shirt retails for $109 and is available on the Collars & Co. website as well as its stores and other select retailers.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2025
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The company helps speed up product development and design conceptualization as internal teams collaborate more efficiently to visualize, iterate and test marketing campaigns, product assortments and merchandising assets like lookbooks and ecommerce content.—
Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Russo brothers, meanwhile, are known for their past accomplishments with transforming movies into merchandising opportunities.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Sell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sell. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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