Thesaurus results for SELLING (FOR)

selling (for)

verb

present participle of sell (for)

as in going (for)

to have a price of the house is selling for $200,000

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costing

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Ultimately, the employee would be directed to wire a large sum of money to a particular bank account controlled by members of the conspiracy, costing the companies more than $129 million, according to prosecutors.

— Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
The program was collapsing, the fan base was toxic and keeping Norvell would have likely ended up costing them more money in season ticket sales and booster donations than firing him and paying him off.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

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