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Recent Examples of silent auction
Events like the 90-Miler and Long Boat Regatta take place along a section of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, and the annual Octo-BEAR-fest fundraiser has live music, food, a silent auction, and other programming.
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Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
The walls were packed with nudes for all tastes, from figurative paintings to demure photos and artworks that skirted the human form topic all together; a painting of a a lemon had sold before the event even started, via the online silent auction.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
To help support expenses, family friends are hosting a silent auction Saturday, Dec. 20, at Carbone’s in Cottage Grove, with items including a replica of the forthcoming medallion for the 2026 hunt.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 16 Dec. 2025
The event raised $355,000 for Mission: Possible from ticket sales, silent auction items and artist donations, and presented a check to Nashville Rescue Mission for $250,000.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2025
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Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
The walls were packed with nudes for all tastes, from figurative paintings to demure photos and artworks that skirted the human form topic all together; a painting of a a lemon had sold before the event even started, via the online silent auction.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
To help support expenses, family friends are hosting a silent auction Saturday, Dec. 20, at Carbone’s in Cottage Grove, with items including a replica of the forthcoming medallion for the 2026 hunt.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 16 Dec. 2025
The event raised $355,000 for Mission: Possible from ticket sales, silent auction items and artist donations, and presented a check to Nashville Rescue Mission for $250,000.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silent auction
Noun
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Both comments were made before the auction.—
Mia Glass,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Now, Arthaus is slowly reopening, thanks to fundraisers and charity auctions that have helped the space build back.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
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While Beijing has rolled out trade-in subsidies to spur sales of cars and appliances, the rebound in spending has been uneven.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Higher advertising sales and Peacock, which began carrying the NBA, helped deliver the gains.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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That means nothing bars him from closing on the transaction as early as this week.—
Paul Edward Parker,
The Providence Journal,
27 Jan. 2026
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The group acquired Lapo Elkann’s Italia Independent brand in 2023, in a transaction pegged at 1 million euros.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Murphy and Padilla, along with a small group of Democratic senators, have spent the past two days calling colleagues to whip opposition to the DHS funding bill, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.—
Patrick Maguire,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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The film’s opening stretch whizzes along as Charli — a natural, engaging actor — is dragged from one banal, vaguely embarrassing meeting or negotiation to another, sketchy vignettes usually punctuated at their close by Charli putting on her dark sunglasses and retreating back inward.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Silent auction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silent%20auction. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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