auction
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That’s because its funding is tied to an auction for a shrinking number of pollution allowances.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“We expect robust auction results via demand from domestic investors,” Citi Research’s Tomohisa Fujiki says in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
A major auction of $39 billion in 10-year notes slated for Wednesday, just after the May CPI data, will test that thesis.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
In 2024, Labour's Bell Ribeiro-Addy called for an end to the sale of human remains in auction houses and on social media.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
A few months after we’d all cleared the First Gate, an anonymous avatar had placed an ultrapowerful artifact up for auction.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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