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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  • 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
  • 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
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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  • With no cash and literally starving, Javier starts peddling drugs and animals from his clinic.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of peddling
Verb
  • Trade data show China has fully transitioned from providing mostly low cost manufacturing to supplying vital machinery and components for advanced manufacturing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The supply hub will initially support the 100-truck logistics fleet while also supplying industrial customers, utilities, transportation operators, energy infrastructure projects, and data centers across the Gulf Coast.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplying
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  • None of these movies are worth buying and installing a DVD player for!
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Without his salary, Bondele says, paying rent, buying food and phone credit, covering transportation costs and paying water bills have become daily struggles.
    — Prosper Heri Ngorora, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of buying
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