as in retails
to offer for sale to the public
used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market
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Recent Examples of sells
Lucas — a prominent backer of legalizing marijuana — has said the store sells legal hemp and CBD products.
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Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Jim Falk, who sells seeds and grows crops on a 700-acre farm in western Minnesota with his son, farms specialty soybeans for customers overseas.
—Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Santa Clara is home to people like Danailys Arboláez Pérez, a 32-year-old mother of two who sells sandwiches, coffee, beer and cigarettes out of her home.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
Cava, a fast-growing Mediterranean rival, also sells pita wraps and recently raised its full-year sales forecast.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
The facility breeds beagles and sells them for research.
—Tanya Edwards, USA Today, 5 May 2026
Kelly already has support from a majority of the 13 county commissioners to build a complex that would include offices, repair shops and storage for the fleet of Caterpillar generators and heavy machinery that Kelly currently sells and services in Doral.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 May 2026
The company, which sells, repairs, and stores heavy equipment, is seeking to relocate its headquarters from Doral to the site.
—Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 May 2026
The money from the sale went into the city’s capital lands reserve fund, where all money is distributed if the city acquires or sells property.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Jim Falk, who sells seeds and grows crops on a 700-acre farm in western Minnesota with his son, farms specialty soybeans for customers overseas.
—Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Santa Clara is home to people like Danailys Arboláez Pérez, a 32-year-old mother of two who sells sandwiches, coffee, beer and cigarettes out of her home.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
Cava, a fast-growing Mediterranean rival, also sells pita wraps and recently raised its full-year sales forecast.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
The facility breeds beagles and sells them for research.
—Tanya Edwards, USA Today, 5 May 2026
Kelly already has support from a majority of the 13 county commissioners to build a complex that would include offices, repair shops and storage for the fleet of Caterpillar generators and heavy machinery that Kelly currently sells and services in Doral.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 May 2026
The company, which sells, repairs, and stores heavy equipment, is seeking to relocate its headquarters from Doral to the site.
—Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 May 2026
The money from the sale went into the city’s capital lands reserve fund, where all money is distributed if the city acquires or sells property.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sells
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If a drug retails for $100 and a hospital can buy it for $60, then charges the patient or their insurance the full $100 price, the hospital then has $40 to put toward other expenses.—
Dené K. Dryden,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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The dress retails for $6,490, and the designer offers pants, jacket and a crop top made from the same embellished fabric.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Clover Sonoma markets its milk, yogurt and cheese products as humanely sourced and environmentally sound.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The results could inform how Fox produces and markets its games, focusing on sports’ connective abilities over mere entertainment value.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
11 May 2026
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Besides developing and making its own IP, Wyncor also manufactures and distributes toys based on franchises such as Dungeons & Dragons, Paw Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants and Transformers.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia distributes in Spain.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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“Sells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sells. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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