SELLING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

selling

verb

Definition of selling next

present participle of sell

as in marketing

to offer for sale to the public used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market

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Recent Examples of selling Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. —

Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026 Early March, the city council voted 9 to 6, directing the city manager to collect more information about the costs of moving City Hall and selling the land and comparing them to fixing up the building. —

Jack Fink, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 The Rosenbaum family has been growing and selling plants from their nursery for 50 years. —

Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2026 Some options included selling their trailers, their four-wheeler, a pressure washer, a waterproof tarp and a wood splitter, among other things. —

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026 Prices for oil future benchmarks sit near $110 per barrel, with many physical, spot barrels selling above $140. —

Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026 The act of selling birds in stacks of cages – sometimes far taller than the men who carry them – goes back generations. —

ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026 Applicants quickly realized that the new addition, far from being an obstacle to selling themselves, could be a useful tool in the struggle to stand out from others. —

Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026 But more importantly, if a breeder is doing everything right, then what is the problem with that breeder selling through a local store in Colorado? —

Ed Sayres, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026

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Now, Hall and Hall is marketing the 1,500-acre Spring Creek Ranch, a marquee holding at the headwaters of the renowned Fall River.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
In a move somewhat at odds with the content of the film, A24 spent weeks marketing The Drama as more of a romantic comedy, making the film seem like something in the vein of last spring’s Materialists (which itself can only tenuously be described as a rom-com).

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 3 Apr. 2026