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
  • The payoff is that bulky, awkward items like pot lids and foil boxes stop monopolizing a shelf and become easy to grab.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of monopolizing
Verb
  • Francesca Breccia’s Coccinelle Film Sales is handling the film and will start selling it to international buyers during Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Although the tapes won’t be part of the planned auction, Littleton is going forward with selling previously unpublished photos of the band, studio material, set lists, a tour parka, instruments the band owned, and other items.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • Sanon and several associates flew to Haiti from South Florida on a private jet, smuggling a handful of ballistic vests supplied by a Doral-area security company, prosecutors said.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of smuggling
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  • Her engrossing documentary puts the viewer in a deeply personal position with its subject.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of engrossing
Verb
  • The industry is obsessively speculating on who survives the merger to be named to David Ellison‘s executive leadership team come Monday.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • And like Farrar’s Twitter character, dangling on that final, hopeful comma, the president’s critics still return to speculating that this next scandal might just be the one that delivers comeuppance.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of speculating
Verb
  • Teachers union rivals accused of peddling 'lies' about NY school choice plan.
    — , FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of peddling
Verb
  • In turn, maneuvers are the living afterimages of protocol, supplying empirical evidence of how operations played out.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Conversely, the narrator’s body keeps supplying experiences that resist any adjudication.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • In the current market, buying more is not necessarily the answer; buying better is.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The American Dream, in this sense, moved from production to consumption, from homesteaders growing crops to homeowners buying appliances.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of buying
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“Underselling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underselling. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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