UNDERSELL Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

undersell

verb

Definition of undersell

as in to monopolize

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Of course, any form of state power must not only monopolize violence but also be able to wield it.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
That purchase is in court, with the HFPA alleging Penske Media and Eldridge fraudulently acquired the show as part of a larger plan to monopolize the awards market.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

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The verdict St Vincent possesses an unexplored, get-away-from-it-all tranquillity that many more boisterous Caribbean islands would sell their last rum punch for.

— James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
The three suspects — two Greeks and one Albanian national — are accused of removing piping from the building’s gas supply network to sell the copper as scrap, causing a major gas leak.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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The couple was involved in transactions that saw American black bear gallbladders and cougar bones being smuggled into Vietnam, as well as black and white rhinoceros horns, lion teeth and a tiger pelt being illegally imported to Oregon.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Amnesty has reported abuses against miners in areas taken over by M23 and alleged that gold and coltan are smuggled into Rwanda.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

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Fans speculated the actor might return as a narrator in the film.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
Dahlia Scheindlin, a veteran pollster who works for left-of-center candidates and parties in Israel, speculated that the number of returning overseas voters was unlikely to be big enough to change the outcome of the election.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

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