underselling

verb

present participle of undersell
as in monopolizing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underselling
  1. monopolizing
  2. selling
  3. smuggling
  4. engrossing
  5. speculating
  6. peddling
  7. supplying
  8. buying
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  • However, such an improvement might get hampered by a number of challenges, such as the rise of space debris in orbit or a single company monopolizing commercial space launch, researchers added.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 20 July 2026
  • The film will duke it out for the highly coveted family audience that Toy Story 5 is currently monopolizing.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
Definition of monopolizing
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  • Seat counts have stopped predicting anything, which means the pricing model underneath thirty years of enterprise software is now unstable in both directions, and everybody selling it knows.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Former homes are now occupied by spice warehouses and stores selling antiques and handicrafts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • The Civil Guard said the operation with Ecuador’s National Police, which was overseen by Europol, targeted a ring that was financed by investors in Dubai and was smuggling drugs from South America into Spain in shipping containers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • On July 20, the Department of Justice announced that three Mexican men pleaded guilty to smuggling hundreds of people south from Canada into New York, then transferring them to the Midwest.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of smuggling
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  • Hope for an attacking, engrossing meeting between two of the most compelling names in the men’s game.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • His assessment on what happened at Penney’s is also engrossing, though there’s no mention of Enjoy, which was founded by Johnson in 2015.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
Definition of engrossing
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  • All that may be a mystery for the future, but worth speculating about because the Jays’ biggest opening post-deadline is in center field.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Finally, founders may dare to stop speculating about the future and start inventing it.
    — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of speculating
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  • Many of the messages are peddling a sense of pride and belonging — primal impulses at the heart of the MAGA movement.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • In the meantime, Google is urging consumers to buy TV streaming devices from reputable manufacturers, rather than unknown providers peddling cheap set-top boxes secretly loaded with malware.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
Definition of peddling
Verb
  • China and Russia have dominated global antimony production, while China stopped supplying the United States with the specialized trisulfide used in more than 300 ammunition types in 2021.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Iran insisted it’s not involved in Russia’s war on Ukraine, though Kyiv has said Tehran is supplying drones to its ally.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplying
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  • His mother and brother had been in the process of buying a house in Abruzzo, to live near him, while his niece had planned to apply to study in Italy.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • At a base level, hope extends from buying lottery tickets to rooting for a sports team.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of buying
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