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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  • 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
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  • The complaint claims the companies' products have been improperly collecting, sharing and selling personal data, like cellphone and vehicle location data.
    — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Off Campus followed, based on Elle Kennedy’s best-selling novel The Deal, before Disney announced The Shards, following a group of teens against the backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles.
    — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of selling
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  • Attackers can capitalize on the predilection by smuggling harmful instructions into emails or webpages the assistant is instructed to summarize.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors said Santana was paid thousands in bribes for smuggling contraband into the facility between May 2024 and June 2025.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 19 Aug. 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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  • Does Michael Crichton still write a 1990 novel speculating about what this would be like?
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But some have been speculating that the restriction is related to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 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
  • The players supplying most of the public product this month are often the ones with the smallest contracts and the least protection against what losing their opportunity will mean.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Bruce Power has been producing cobalt-60 since 1986, supplying isotopes used to sterilize approximately 30 per cent of the world’s single-use medical devices.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplying
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  • Enterprises buying an appliance, an edge inference product or a private deployment from a systems integrator should ask which artifact ships inside it.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The company also acquired a bank, expanded to tourism and even considered buying an airline.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of buying
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