resell
verb
re·sell
(ˌ)rē-ˈsel 
resold
(ˌ)rē-ˈsōld
; reselling
; reselling
: to sell (something) again
He bought the house with plans to fix it up and resell it.
reseller
noun
plural resellers
book/computer/ticket resellers
a value-added reseller
now available for purchase through authorized resellers
Examples of resell in a Sentence
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In the Siberian city of Irkutsk, police fined four people on Monday, accusing them of reselling gas on the black market at inflated prices, according to the region’s Interior Ministry.
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Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
6 July 2026
Still, Sony’s decision has huge ramifications for game reselling on sites like GameStop and eBay, which give consumers a way to buy video games at a discount.
—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
1 July 2026
But the prices for the vast majority of stickers are pretty low, which means that no vulture is out there buying up all the sticker packs and trying to resell them at inflated prices to impressionable children hoping to win the lottery.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Reese adds that Goodwill accepts clothing too worn to resell and recycles the textiles instead.
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Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
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Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
6 July 2026
Still, Sony’s decision has huge ramifications for game reselling on sites like GameStop and eBay, which give consumers a way to buy video games at a discount.
—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
1 July 2026
But the prices for the vast majority of stickers are pretty low, which means that no vulture is out there buying up all the sticker packs and trying to resell them at inflated prices to impressionable children hoping to win the lottery.
—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Reese adds that Goodwill accepts clothing too worn to resell and recycles the textiles instead.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for resell
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“Resell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resell. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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