- present participle of auctioneer.
auctioneering
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During the heady days of the dot-com bubble, McCormick was CEO of the internet auctioneering house FreeMarkets - amassing wealth as he steered the Pittsburgh-based company to a nearly $500 million acquisition deal in 2004.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
During the heady days of the dot-com bubble, McCormick was CEO of the internet auctioneering house FreeMarkets — amassing wealth as he steered the Pittsburgh-based company to a nearly $500 million acquisition deal in 2004.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
For one thing, she later said, she felt a spiritual void, and auctioneering “no longer felt correct.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2016
His auctioneering, he insists, is just his weekend job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
They all get a job on the railway, or take to auctioneering, or something with money in it.
From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Miles Franklin
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