auctioning

Definition of auctioningnext
present participle of auction

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Verb
  • Throughout the day, attendees moved from table to table, collecting information, exchanging contact details and building networks.
    J.M. Banks March 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • According to investigators, Ghazali was also armed with a rifle and killed himself after exchanging gunfire with the synagogue's security guards.
    Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Hayes carried the name and number of Dalton Knecht on his chest, a last-minute switch from originally swapping his jersey with Jarred Vanderbilt.
    Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The Mouse House has also tied with the UK’s ITV and Germany’s ZDF, the former a content-swapping pact.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The company is trying to deploy AI tools on everything from inventory planning to merchandising to product development.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The rights to his image are managed by CMG Worldwide, which specializes in celebrities merchandising.
    Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • This includes approximately $260 billion for purchasing equipment and $220 billion for research, development, testing, and evaluation.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
  • One is a ban on institutional investors such as Blackstone from purchasing single-family homes.
    Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The act of selling birds in stacks of cages – sometimes far taller than the men who carry them – goes back generations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The teardown included jettisoning some of Yahoo’s advertising technology, selling publishers such as TechCrunch and Rivals and closing down AOL’s internet dial-up service in a move that cut off its final 500 users.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • At Harmar Bait and Tackle, there was a steady stream of customers either buying bait or getting trout fishing licenses.
    Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Sleeping positions and firmness Beyond mattress type, your preferred sleep position and mattress firmness (how hard or soft a bed feels) are other important factors to consider when buying a mattress.
    Sharon Brandwein, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Under California law, companies that are suspended by state tax officials are legally barred from transacting any business.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Due to changes to federal tax reporting rules that Congress approved in 2021, payment platforms, including Venmo, CashApp, PayPal and any other platforms used for transacting funds, had to issue 1099-K forms to any Americans who received more than US$600 in payments.
    Pamala Wiepking, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Ann Arbor Public Schools will continue bargaining with all employee groups in good faith.
    Jack Springgate, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Union leaders ended the strike in February by accepting a pay raise plan that Kaiser had offered months earlier, but local units of workers were still bargaining with management for finalized contracts.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Auctioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auctioning. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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