auction
Example Sentences
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Curtains that once graced the windows of a royal retreat have been turned into Christmas stockings to be auctioned for charity.
From BBC
The auction house said in its promotional material that very little was known of the painting -- only that a peer of Rubens had made an engraving of it.
From Barron's
About 20 years ago, one album of photographs from the movement appeared at a London auction.
From BBC
In many states the lender can still obtain a “deficiency judgment” against both borrower and cosigner after they sell the car at auction.
From MarketWatch
Meanwhile, Lynch, the Miami-based investor, had been asking the U.S. government to allow him to bid on the sabotaged Nord Stream Pipeline 2 if it came up for auction in a Swiss bankruptcy proceeding.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
