sold (for)

Definition of sold (for)next
past tense of sell (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sold (for)
Verb
  • My massage aboard the Brilliant Lady cost just under $300, for instance.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • Joined by his wife, Gyna Parrado; his father, Jose Ladino; and friend Julian Calero, Ladino said tickets for the night’s match against Portugal cost $1,600 apiece.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • And what about that enormous price of six hundred livres, three times the sum fetched by the most expensive of the artist’s pictures at auction thirty years later?
    Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • David Meisinger, the chief executive of the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, said the high prices typically fetched in utility acquisitions, as well as lack of willing sellers, have historically served as barriers for the expansion of public power.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
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“Sold (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sold%20%28for%29. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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