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
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
Dr Lauren McIntyre, of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, said auction sales such as the one that had been planned for Glasgow were unacceptable.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The most expensive tickets of the night surely went to two individuals who won an auction through MSG’s Garden of Dreams Foundation for a total of $1 million.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The other man took the piece of paper and pinned it on the corkboard, where the notices of dances, auction sales, whist drives, and so on were displayed.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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