as in marketing
to offer for sale to the public
used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market
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Recent Examples of selling
But Robert Bilkie, CEO of Sigma Investment Counselors in Northville, Michigan, said investors who reacted to April’s weakness by selling stocks would be significantly less wealthy today.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
But for Allen-Green and other community members supporting the project, a major preoccupation this year remains selling the three schools to more families in the neighborhood.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
So Chouinard stopped selling them.
—Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
MovingPlace, a moving services company analyzed over 6 million moves booked through Porch Group, a company that provides home-selling and moving services.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
On a recent morning, around 100 citizens lined up in front of a government truck in Dhaka that was selling oil, rice and vegetables at subsidized rates.
—Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Chalk through your feeds with ads from people and brands selling their goods.
—Erik Logan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Unlike spies who serve their country, the Black Doves work for cash, selling secrets to the highest bidder.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
But for Allen-Green and other community members supporting the project, a major preoccupation this year remains selling the three schools to more families in the neighborhood.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
So Chouinard stopped selling them.
—Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
MovingPlace, a moving services company analyzed over 6 million moves booked through Porch Group, a company that provides home-selling and moving services.
—Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
On a recent morning, around 100 citizens lined up in front of a government truck in Dhaka that was selling oil, rice and vegetables at subsidized rates.
—Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Chalk through your feeds with ads from people and brands selling their goods.
—Erik Logan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Unlike spies who serve their country, the Black Doves work for cash, selling secrets to the highest bidder.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selling
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The six-team alt-league, which now has the top women’s college players marketing its product, has notably become a model for better pay since the inaugural season’s average salary of $220,000 is near the WNBA’s max base salary.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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There aren’t any substantial architecture or urbanism ideas at play here, but there is a desperate attempt at marketing the services of both to an imagined audience of the young and very online.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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Fans can follow the brand’s official social media accounts and TikTok Shop for the Mug Root Beer Float Bundle, retailing for $45.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Kelce dreamed up the sparkler alongside jewelry designer Kindred Lubeck and Artifex Fine Jewelry, which houses luxury designs retailing upwards of $33,650, as seen with their Deametra ring.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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If National Public Radio had begun distributing Bibles and handguns, well, people would have wanted to talk and write about that, too.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is how Cintas Acuario was born in the late 1980s — a label that, without any formal facilities, gained a reputation thanks to its founder’s knack for promoting and marketing his artists’ music by distributing it to small shops in the area and in Tijuana, across the Mexican border.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Selling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selling. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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