SOLD Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

sold

verb

Definition of sold

past tense of sell

as in marketed

to offer for sale to the public used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market

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Recent Examples of sold In 2015, a Tourbillon Souverain Blue in tantalum sold for 550,000 Swiss francs (about $547,000), four times the price of the platinum version. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026 Without any further time with the iPhone Duo, no one appears to know whether the cases sold by Apple would require this feature to be enabled. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 Traders appear to have fully priced in an interest rate hike later this week, and thus sold stocks on the prospect of future rounds of new money becoming more expensive. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 The Associated Press Costco has raised the price of motor oil sold under its exclusive private-label brand as well as limited how much of it customers can buy weekly as oil prices climb yet again. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Those functions matter, but in my experience, growth only holds together when the work delivered matches the promise that was sold. — Matthew Darienzo, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The dealer at the center of Perlman’s earlier lawsuit, Leslie Roberts, sold the works from his Coconut Grove storefront. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026 California and Massachusetts have banned — via ballot measures — any pork sold in their states coming from farms that use these crates. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026 Multiple deli-style salads and cream cheese flavors sold under the Made Fresh Salads or Northside labels are being recalled. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sold

Verb

They’re lavishly funded, beautifully produced, and slickly marketed.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Blue light has become the usual suspect, with blue-light-blocking glasses marketed as a way to counter its effects.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of marketed

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Leaflets were distributed in a Berlin neighborhood in early September, inviting residents to a special ceremony.

— Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Roja London is distributed globally through independent retailers and stores including Harrods, Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, KaDeWe, Oberpollinger, Jovoy, Laure and El Palacio de Hierro.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of distributed

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McConnell exchanged passes with Mac Allister before progressing the ball forward to Ngumoha.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Americans in the 1960s knew Francis Gary Powers as the CIA pilot of a secret U-2 spy plane shot down in 1960 over Soviet Russia, who was exchanged in a prisoner swap in 1962, during the peak of the Cold War.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026