undersold

Definition of undersoldnext
past tense of undersell
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Verb
  • Yemen monopolized the coffee trade for around 200 years until Dutch merchants smuggled coffee seeds to Indonesia and began growing plants there.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • Yemen monopolized the coffee trade for around 200 years until Dutch merchants smuggled coffee seeds to Indonesia and began growing plants there.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • The building in Chicago’s Fulton Market district sold for more than $412 million in October 2020.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Turner sold his father's billboard business to buy an independent Atlanta TV station in 1970, then expanded it into a nationwide network of channels including TBS, TNT and CNN, the latter of which launched in 1980 with nonstop news coverage.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • What matters, after all, is that feeling of being engrossed in a good story.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Sitting on the dais between her husband and pregnant White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the first lady appears to be engrossed in conversation.
    Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Company supports more than 125,000 artists and songwriters whose works are licensed, marketed, and performed globally.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Some of these cards can cost nearly $1,000—but are marketed as being worth thousands more in perks, only if the cardholder remembers to use it accordingly.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Gemstones, both legitimately traded and smuggled, are a major source of revenue for Myanmar.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • Florida’s attorney general announced an 81-year prison sentence for a man convicted for orchestrating a drone scheme that smuggled razor blades, drugs and other contraband into multiple facilities in the state in March.
    Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • At the time, Shehorn’s friends speculated that she had been stabbed more than 20 times.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Companies will test the boundaries Boyden speculated that offering different prices based on how much a customer uses a service, or advertising in particular ways to entice customers who are more likely to infringe, might constitute tailoring a service for piracy.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • The most notable sale in April was a 1997 Metal Universe Kobe Bryant Precious Metal Gems card, which was purchased by trading card marketplace Alt in a private deal.
    Benjamin Burrows, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • The SuperLotto Plus jackpot was last won March 28, when a ticket purchased in Fremont won $10 million, The Sacramento Bee reported.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • In ‘86, that was all soft peddled by the media, which mentioned it more out of duty than reportorial necessity.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • But online, peptides typically refer to unproven drugs, often given by injection, that are peddled without evidence as treating various conditions, reversing aging, and improving appearance.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Undersold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersold. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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