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auction

[awk-shuhn] / ˈɔk ʃən /
NOUN
competitive sale; sale by bid
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The last remaining house in a former Welsh mining village where hundreds of people left nearly 50 years ago over landslide fears will go up for auction.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

That’s because its funding is tied to an auction for a shrinking number of pollution allowances.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, investors may focus on the Japanese finance ministry’s auction today of about 600 billion yen of 30-year JGBs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The Treasury will announce the result of a $39 billion 10-year-note auction at 1 p.m.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

I wonder where she put that auction letter?

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio




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