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auction

[awk-shuhn] / ˈɔk ʃən /
NOUN
competitive sale; sale by bid
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For example, the Sri Lanka Tea board has used ISO 3103 in its tasting unit, which assesses tea before auction and export.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

Lynn Sweet, 64, bought a four-bed cottage and two-bed annexe in Newport in August at auction for £145,000.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

A motorcycle used in Sir Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight is expected to sell for up to £900,000 at auction.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Treasury plans to keep its long-term borrowing levels and coupon auction sizes unchanged in the coming months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Mr. Broks was in Beverwijk and managed to get hold of strawberries at the produce auction.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

To help keep a lid on yields, Bessent might cut he size of auctions for 20- and 30-year Treasurys.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The auction of "Jodi" comes as some scientists warn that auctions could herald a new era in fossil collecting by the ultra-rich.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Viewed from a bird’s-eye vantage, the book’s vignettes glide between mundanity—town-council meetings, estate auctions, block parties—and tragedy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Beyond concerns over a new wireless entrant, or potential fourth carrier, the deal raises the risk that the leading players will need to spend more in upcoming spectrum auctions, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

During his father’s last few years Joe had gone with him often up to Colorado, up to the auctions in Monte Vista and Alamosa and other towns in the San Luis Valley.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

On Wednesday, the 10-year Treasury yield surged as high as 5.364% before the government auctioned $39 billion of 10-year notes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Princess Diana's famous "revenge dress" that she wore on the evening that then-Prince Charles made a public admission of adultery is to be auctioned in New York in December.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The two companies decided to change the way the figurines were auctioned to avoid the gouging narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Those placements are then auctioned off to the highest bidder.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

One of Washington’s neighbors, Colonel John Lee, had died, and his property was being auctioned to pay off the dead man’s debts.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Treasury is auctioning $19 billion in 10-year Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Singapore has begun auctioning off luxury goods that were seized by police in a sensational $2.2 billion money laundering case that gripped the city state in 2023.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Loupe This is currently auctioning a watch customized with Meta’s logo on its dial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The company also didn’t obtain a court order before selling or auctioning the vehicles, the lawsuit alleges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

I earned a decent amount of money each month by selling commercial time on my POV channel and by auctioning off any unneeded magic items, armor, or weapons I acquired during my travels.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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