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
One of her responsibilities was managing the relationship with book distributors and working closely with the sales and distribution team that sold books to bookstores.
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Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
That’s the largest recent jackpot in the state since June, when an unnamed winner scored a $10 million win from a scratcher bought in Barley Bin Liquor in Whittier, and Steven Muhlestein won a $10 million Super Bonus in May from a scratcher sold at Vintage Wine Shoppe & Liquor in Concord.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
The Trail Blazers have officially been sold to an ownership group led by Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon.
—Sam Settleman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
She was sold the American dream with a farmworker visa.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
Instead, tickets will be sold separately with proceeds benefiting the Aztecs’ Student-Athlete Recruitment and Retention Fund for men’s basketball.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Let’s say a home in Platte County sold for $100,000 in 2019.
—Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Two of those tickets sold in Kansas and Texas matched all five white balls and increased their winnings to $2 million each.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
California, Illinois, New York, Ohio and Texas each sold two winning tickets that matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million each.
—Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Sep. 2025
Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
That’s the largest recent jackpot in the state since June, when an unnamed winner scored a $10 million win from a scratcher bought in Barley Bin Liquor in Whittier, and Steven Muhlestein won a $10 million Super Bonus in May from a scratcher sold at Vintage Wine Shoppe & Liquor in Concord.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
The Trail Blazers have officially been sold to an ownership group led by Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon.
—Sam Settleman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
She was sold the American dream with a farmworker visa.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
Instead, tickets will be sold separately with proceeds benefiting the Aztecs’ Student-Athlete Recruitment and Retention Fund for men’s basketball.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Let’s say a home in Platte County sold for $100,000 in 2019.
—Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Two of those tickets sold in Kansas and Texas matched all five white balls and increased their winnings to $2 million each.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
California, Illinois, New York, Ohio and Texas each sold two winning tickets that matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million each.
—Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sold
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The iPhone 16's A18 chip also features a six-core CPU, a five-core GPU (but not marketed as having Neural Accelerators), and a 16-core Neural Engine.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Yohimbine, derived from plant roots or tree bark, is sometimes marketed as an energy- or libido-booster.—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
10 Sep. 2025
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Observing how the licensed lines of fashion designer Pierre Cardin retailed at La Rinascente at lower prices, Armani came to understand that diversifying a brand to appeal to different customer groups could be a profitable strategy for global expansion.—
Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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In keeping with her characteristically humble style, her engagement dress originally retailed for $398.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
26 Aug. 2025
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Similarly, if intakes concentrate in cities or states where the product was not distributed or widely consumed, the data may not hold up.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The funding is to be distributed over five years, with $10 billion available each year beginning in the federal fiscal year 2026.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Sold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sold. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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