underselling

verb

present participle of undersell
as in monopolizing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underselling
  1. monopolizing
  2. selling
  3. smuggling
  4. engrossing
  5. speculating
  6. peddling
  7. supplying
  8. buying
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  • The film will duke it out for the highly coveted family audience that Toy Story 5 is currently monopolizing.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
  • Giant corporations were monopolizing ever more of the economy.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
Definition of monopolizing
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  • In 2025, Breyers, Blue Bunny and Turkey Hill were the top-selling brands by dollar sales, Dairy Foods Magazine reported.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Two of Canada’s 10 provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, are still selling American alcoholic beverages.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of selling
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  • Probation officers and staff members have been charged with smuggling drugs into the facility in the last year.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Several recent cases linked to smuggling Nvidia’s AI chips into China to circumvent export controls show the appetite for its technology.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026
Definition of smuggling
Verb
  • Hope for an attacking, engrossing meeting between two of the most compelling names in the men’s game.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • His assessment on what happened at Penney’s is also engrossing, though there’s no mention of Enjoy, which was founded by Johnson in 2015.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
Definition of engrossing
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  • Though some of the stories focused on their enviable style, much of it was devoted to speculating about their appearance and mental health.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
  • These markets allow participants to take positions speculating on future events in ways that can resemble trading on privileged information rather than public analysis.
    — Kelvin Dickenson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of speculating
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  • In the meantime, Google is urging consumers to buy TV streaming devices from reputable manufacturers, rather than unknown providers peddling cheap set-top boxes secretly loaded with malware.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • For context, Barstool as a company, and Portnoy personally, have consistently been accused of peddling misogyny over the years.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
Definition of peddling
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  • During the pandemic, the company started supplying medical apparel to hospitals and schools, and the business took off, with revenue doubling in 2020, Beig said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The United States remained the world’s largest oil and gas producer in 2025, supplying nearly 21% of global oil production and 26% of global natural gas production.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of supplying
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  • On one side, security and platform incumbents are buying the layer outright.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • In 2020, Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (then called MicroStrategy), started buying Bitcoin for his data software company’s balance sheet.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Definition of buying
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