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auction

noun as in competitive sale; sale by bid

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He bought land at an auction in 1992, but the previous owner challenged the sale - and the case remains unresolved to this day.

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Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of Goldin Auctions, told The Times on Thursday that Raleigh’s 60th home run ball likely would have been “a six-figure ball” had it gone on the auction block.

"It's not just the UK buying flowers from Holland, it's Germany, France, etc. And less flowers puts the prices up at the auction."

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Ms Keough, an actress, took legal action to halt the auction.

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The remains of her children were discovered in 2022 by a family who had purchased the contents of an abandoned storage unit at an auction in Auckland.

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

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