asking price
Example Sentences
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Levine was less than a week into his new job as the museum’s assistant curator of European art when it acquired Portrait of a Lady from Sotheby’s for $68,750, more than tripling its asking price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
News of their separation comes just weeks after Seyfried listed her longtime Los Angeles home for $3.2 million—15 years after purchasing the property for a fraction of its current asking price.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
About three in five homes nationally sold below their original asking price in August, Redfin, a real-estate brokerage, said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
But median U.S. asking price inched down 0.1%, a sign that sellers may be adjusting their expectations as buyers negotiate and push back against high costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The asking price for the cheapest automobile amounted to twice the $500 annual salary of the average citizen—some cost three times that much—and all that bought you was four wheels, a body, and an engine.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
