consignment
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Alouette’s attempts to reclaim her work as her own instead of her father’s result in her consignment to Salpêtrière.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Called Athena, the technology proposes item descriptions, suggests pricing and, crucially for a company that receives millions of goods a year to sell on consignment, helps discern authentic products from fakes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
The UK government has criticised delays in aid being allowed into Gaza after a consignment of more than 1,100 tents it sent to the strip took more than a year to arrive.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
But Saturday's consignment was the first of reprocessed uranium to be observed for three years, it added.
From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025
Abbey takes piano lessons on a portable electric keyboard that my father bought from a consignment shop in Key Largo.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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