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Recent Examples of silent auction
The black-tie event — with a cocktail hour, prime rib and salmon dinner, live entertainment and a silent auction — is the nonprofit’s main way of generating proceeds to fund the scholarships.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Over the course of the four-day event, the fair will host ping-pong tournaments, and at the end, the tables will be sold in a silent auction.
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
The Texas Jazz Cats will play live music, and there will be a silent auction and a wine pull.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
As part of a silent auction for the Roundabout Theater Company in N.Y.C., the cast of Somebody Somewhere did a cooking class with chef Amanda Freitag.
—Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 29 Jan. 2026
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Over the course of the four-day event, the fair will host ping-pong tournaments, and at the end, the tables will be sold in a silent auction.
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
The Texas Jazz Cats will play live music, and there will be a silent auction and a wine pull.
—Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
As part of a silent auction for the Roundabout Theater Company in N.Y.C., the cast of Somebody Somewhere did a cooking class with chef Amanda Freitag.
—Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silent auction
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One such residence in Weston, Florida’s exclusive Windmill Ranch Estates is hitting the auction block with DeCaro Auctions on April 7.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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Following the Winfrey interview, chatter in the book world was that an auction was heating up for a tell-all memoir from Prince Harry.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Because of the recurring violence, as well as evidence of the sale of alcohol to underage undercover auxiliary police officers, the rink was placed on probation in February 2005 under the city’s Nuisance Abatement law, but reopened shortly after under a curfew.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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So there’s one guy who is on the sales side and then a bunch of people on the purchasing end.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
19 Mar. 2026
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Often referred to as the state’s chief fiscal officer, the state comptroller pays the state’s bills, monitors fiscal compliance, records transactions and contracts and issues reports that guide the governor and legislature on budget decisions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Financial details of the transaction were not shared; there are multiple GreenPark backers invested in Joa as well.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Still, neither party is projected to form an outright majority, setting the stage for coalition negotiations involving smaller left- and right-wing factions.—
Jan Bratanic Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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An agreement among the basin’s seven states over how to divide its water expired at the end of last year, and negotiations to develop a new water plan fell apart last month.—
Mira Rojanasakul,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Silent auction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silent%20auction. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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