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sell

[sel] / sɛl /


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Short sellers borrow stocks they don’t own and sell them, betting on price declines.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

When Kelly Roberts sold the hotel last month, Jackson said, she was free to keep or sell any of its contents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

There, he met Sufia Begum, a young mother who made bamboo stools to sell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI have also filed with regulators to sell shares to the public.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Overnight, Morgan Stanley had gone from being wildly eager to sell insurance on the subprime mortgage market to not wanting to do it at all.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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