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sold

adjective as in sold out

adjective as in convinced

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He looks an absolute steal and you start to wonder how Sunderland sold him on the venture.

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Losing the animals means financial ruin - besides the livestock the farm lost, the sheep's milk, which is sold for the production of feta cheese, is often referred to as Greece's "white gold".

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The domestic slave trade exploded as the Upper South sold people to cotton and sugar plantations, financed by London banks.

By 1707, Scotland was an independent nation no more, as a song attributed to Robert Burns put it, bought and sold for English gold.

Supporters flooded social media with memes and sold T-shirts and other merchandise.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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