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wholesale

[hohl-sayl] / ˈhoʊlˌseɪl /


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The symbolism of that globe and what it meant completely escapes them, just as Eisenhower’s legacy has been dismissed by them wholesale.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

A 19% drop in wholesale volumes on year is the main surprise, analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The news isn’t any better if you look at producer prices, also known as wholesale prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

PSG's squad depth has allowed them to make wholesale changes frequently in Ligue 1 games and still get results.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The wholesale value of these products was well over a quarter of a billion dollars.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

According to the Bryn Walker web page, the brand operates six company-owned stores “and wholesales to around a thousand boutiques nationwide.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Production, exports and wholesales of passenger cars in China all hit fresh highs in November compared with the same month in prior years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

Industries such as transportation and wholesales showed double-digit falls in special payments, the data showed.

From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2023

While the company makes most of its money from direct sales at the moment, Yang expects its wholesales business to grow.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

“It will contribute to your fastidious comfort when you come back here to sell your pearls at Tiffany’s or in Maiden Lane, or wherever it is that one wholesales his treasure-trove.”

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford

That’s not the narrative being wholesaled by the financial press and investment pundits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022

“In a normal situation, there’s some surplus that gets generated when you’re farming,” he said, explaining that the surplus would be wholesaled to other retailers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2021

He has brokered real estate deals in Florida, arranged bank loans in Venezuela, marketed industrial pumps in Thailand, wholesaled shoes in Panama, promoted a building-materials company to Mexican interests and advised transnational financial services firms.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2015

After that, I started a company that wholesaled mobile phones.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2011

Justice demands a careful consideration of every case; it cannot be machine-made; it cannot be wholesaled.

From The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) by Charles C. Cook

Margins for machinery and equipment wholesaling rose 3.5% month over month in April.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Jefferies also expects Sigma to make improvements in its wholesaling business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Still, redevelopment pressures, driven by manufacturing and wholesaling interests and ultimately high-end development on the outskirts of the area, never went away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

In 1911 they moved to Tacoma, to start wholesaling hand-dipped butter cremes.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023

There is to be no wholesaling except by retailing.

From Quiet Talks with World Winners by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon


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