undersold

verb

past tense of undersell
as in monopolized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undersold
  1. monopolized
  2. sold
  3. engrossed
  4. marketed
  5. smuggled
  6. speculated
  7. purchased
  8. peddled
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  • At times of heightened tensions, the Houthis have used the Bab el-Mandeb as a geopolitical bargaining tool, disrupting the passage of trade in a similar fashion to how Tehran has monopolized the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Iran war.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 16 July 2026
  • Jurors found that Live Nation had illegally monopolized the live concert industry.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of monopolized
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  • Terminal 26, a new restaurant in Ponce City Market’s central food hall, is inspired by Thailand’s famous floating markets, where goods are sold from boats and riverbank stalls.
    — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • Twenty-nine single-family homes sold for $30 million or more in Miami-Dade in 2025, shattering the previous record of 15 homes in 2024.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of sold
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  • The same goes for pedestrians, who increasingly are glued to phones and engrossed in noise-canceling headphones.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • On July 19, Congress ordered that the Declaration of Independence be engrossed on parchment.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
Definition of engrossed
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  • That distinction — embedded rather than inserted — is why the format is being marketed as clinical-adjacent without the downtime or bleeding of an in-office treatment.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
  • In many corners of the internet, tallow isn’t marketed simply as a moisturizer but as a return to something more primal and distinctly masculine.
    — Jenna Belhumeur, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of marketed
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  • The heart arrives smuggled in with the blade, in these monologues as text.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • They were repatriated through cooperation between Indonesia’s Culture Ministry and the FBI after provenance research established the objects had been smuggled out of Indonesia, Zon said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of smuggled
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  • Witnesses speculated that the markings could be a sign she was strangled, raising concerns about possible foul play.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • Many fans speculated that Jackie may have been stressed from being a mother and raising two chicks in such a short time period.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Definition of speculated
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  • Apple employees were banned after a raucous night of celebrations, but were welcomed back decades later when Marc & Rose Hospitality purchased the hotel in 2011.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • Concord, the largest independent music publishing company in the world, purchased the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization in 2017 and now owns the rights to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s entire catalogue.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Definition of purchased
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  • El Sayed peddled the claim that Stevens was bought by corporate interests and Israeli lobbyists, whereas Stevens insisted her primary opponent was benefiting from advertising money spent by the Republican Party.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
  • Threading through all their stories is a wild bird – stolen from the forest, peddled in markets, caged in a home – whose restlessness becomes an emblem of every character’s longing to be free.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 June 2026
Definition of peddled
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