SILENT AUCTIONS Synonyms: 20 Similar Words

silent auctions

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plural of silent auction

as in auctions

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Noun

That made auctions, somewhat counterintuitively, one of the more attractive places to buy important works over the past six months.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
This year the California Air Resources Board overhauled its cap-and-trade auctions, where refiners and other businesses purchase rights to emit greenhouse gases.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Definition of auctions

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Last year, the IMAX company netted more than a billion dollars through ticket sales in its theatres alone—its highest mark ever—even as over-all box-office numbers continued to dip below pre-COVID levels.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
Topline Alphabet on Wednesday reported its 12th-straight quarter of double-digit revenue growth, boosted by another surge in Google Cloud sales as nearly 1 billion people now use the firm’s AI models.

— Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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During the pandemic, when transactions moved to phones and e-commerce, the stock became a screaming-hot momentum play.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts for more than half of global mobile money accounts and processes around $800 billion in mobile money transactions annually.

— Alex Daruty, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of transactions

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But with Barcelona signing Anthony Gordon, and Rashford’s £40m release clause for other clubs elapsing last week, a new set of negotiations is required for his exit.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Rather, a messy conflict oscillating between bouts of strikes and periods of relative calm beckons, while mediators look for new avenues to revive negotiations.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

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