silent auction

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Recent Examples of silent auction The black-tie event — with a cocktail hour, prime rib and salmon dinner, live entertainment and a silent auction — is the nonprofit’s main way of generating proceeds to fund the scholarships. Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026 Over the course of the four-day event, the fair will host ping-pong tournaments, and at the end, the tables will be sold in a silent auction. Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026 The Texas Jazz Cats will play live music, and there will be a silent auction and a wine pull. Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026 As part of a silent auction for the Roundabout Theater Company in N.Y.C., the cast of Somebody Somewhere did a cooking class with chef Amanda Freitag. Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for silent auction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silent auction
Noun
  • One such residence in Weston, Florida’s exclusive Windmill Ranch Estates is hitting the auction block with DeCaro Auctions on April 7.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Following the Winfrey interview, chatter in the book world was that an auction was heating up for a tell-all memoir from Prince Harry.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Because of the recurring violence, as well as evidence of the sale of alcohol to underage undercover auxiliary police officers, the rink was placed on probation in February 2005 under the city’s Nuisance Abatement law, but reopened shortly after under a curfew.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2026
  • So there’s one guy who is on the sales side and then a bunch of people on the purchasing end.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Often referred to as the state’s chief fiscal officer, the state comptroller pays the state’s bills, monitors fiscal compliance, records transactions and contracts and issues reports that guide the governor and legislature on budget decisions.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Financial details of the transaction were not shared; there are multiple GreenPark backers invested in Joa as well.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Trump helped negotiate a peace deal between Congo and neighboring Rwanda, seen as an indirect but key player in the conflict, while Qatar and other partners have championed similar efforts involving direct negotiations between the government and the M23.
    OPE ADETAYO, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The warnings of mass surveillance, the senior Administration official familiar with the negotiations told me, were a public-relations move designed to capitalize on widespread anti-ICE sentiment.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026

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“Silent auction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silent%20auction. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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