consignment
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“We had a table and chairs that would seat 12 people and came from Peter’s grandparents. The table was marred on top and the consignment people wouldn’t take it,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
In July, 25 boats and 25 engines were seized in a maritime consignment at Felixstowe in Suffolk.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
John gets a job as a fry cook at a restaurant called Shrimp Castle; Helen, who used to be a saleswoman at luxury shops, works on consignment for a home-goods store in an outdoor mall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Mayweather wrote a check for $200,000 to Las Vegas high-end consignment store Gold and Beyond for the timepiece on Dec. 25, 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
A carter had just finished loading a consignment of coconuts and was sitting by his cart, eating spicy chickpeas from a paper cone.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Archived, whose clientele consists mostly of celebrities and high-profile curators such as Timothée Chalamet, Travis Scott and Don Toliver, sources its pieces through consignments from sellers and endless hours spent hunting across international marketplaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
The correspondence from Defra also highlighted a pilot scheme which followed up on plant consignments that had not attended the border control post within three hours of arrival at the port.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
"We're seeing 20 to 30 percent more engagement, more registration, more people bidding," Ibrahim Faraj, Propstore's UK consignments manager, explained at a media preview of some British-based items before they headed to California.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Shipments worth less than £135 that are sent directly to UK shoppers do not face import duties, but firms bringing in larger consignments do.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
So great consignments of rifles, and revolvers, and ammunition, were slowly and painfully hauled up to Doppersdorp from the coast ports, and the store-keepers were delighted.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
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