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
Verb
  • But that kind of reconstruction project would take more time, and more money – something the national government could not even consider with the war monopolizing resources.
    — Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of monopolizing
Verb
  • Under Laporta, the club might have scaled everything back, refusing to keep pace with football’s rampant wage inflation, selling young stars for a fortune and reducing their edge on the field in the process.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The band and football booster clubs will be selling cupcakes and keychains and stickers with his name and number on them to benefit the GoFundMe page that has been set up in Kufa’s name.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • With the goal of smuggling themselves to Turkey, the women are eventually found out for keeping a secret or two from the conspirators abetting their plan.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The brave and resourceful Alice escaped the Nazis, smuggling her grandchildren to safety in England.
    — Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of smuggling
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  • This plot and the film’s glossy aping of grindhouse aesthetics suggest the movie will be gnarly and boldly engrossing.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Ronaïmou’s feature debut, a critique of diya, still widely extended in Chad, in a film praised for its moral complexity, engrossing tension and sense of place.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of engrossing
Verb
  • Meta was facing the prospect of truly massive damages in the California case with some speculating that the ultimate number could have gone as high as $200 billion.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Frank Sierawski didn't set out to discover a multibillion-dollar market for speculating on when people with life insurance policies will die.
    — Vito Emanuel, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of speculating
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  • The 58th annual fall fest returned to downtown Frankfort, offering live entertainment, carnival rides, food booths, crafters peddling their wares and Sunday’s parade.
    — Jim Dudlicek, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Britton remembers peddling a version of this logic as an MBSR teacher herself.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of peddling
Verb
  • There’s a real value to companies like Topic supplying certain kinds of movies to distribution partners.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • There will not—and should not—be a one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges of supplying this education.
    — Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • People are buying chore coats that actually look like they’ve been used for the namesake—the more beat-up the better.
    — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 6 Sep. 2026
  • American motorists are buying $4 gas on Labor Day weekend for the first time in history, a fuel analyst reports.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of buying
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