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auction

[awk-shuhn] / ˈɔk ʃən /
NOUN
competitive sale; sale by bid
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Yields, which rise when bond prices fall, pared an early climb after an auction of 10-year notes met with solid demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

That’s because its funding is tied to an auction for a shrinking number of pollution allowances.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The Treasury will announce the result of a $39 billion 10-year-note auction at 1 p.m.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

It is not illegal in the UK to sell or auction off human remains if they are more than 100 years old.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

I was so frightened, and at the mercy of so many conundrums, that inevitably, that summer, someone would have taken me over; one doesn’t, in Harlem, long remain standing on any auction block.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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