- present participle of sell.
selling
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Vanda’s data showed that last Thursday’s selloff marked the biggest day of single-stock selling among individual investors since the Covid crash of March 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
A common strategy is to fund them with shares of highly appreciated stock, allowing the donor to avoid capital-gains taxes that would result from selling the shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
Whittle, who began her business selling homemade cakes at street food markets, said the cost of stock and packaging had increased significantly over the years.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Sandisk stock has faced considerable selling pressure and is trading 64% below its 52-week high.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Each variant of fungus was a medicine—a potent cure for anything from itchy paws to gut worms—and apparently Nine had made quite the name for himself selling them to the animals of Fernlight Forest.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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