auction

Example Sentences

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But people pay many times that the moment they hit auction sites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

A coin considered the "most beautiful" ever minted in Britain has sold at auction for £110,000.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Last year there was another dip, as 217 of his works came up for auction but only sold for $64.8 million combined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

A $58 billion auction of three-year Treasury notes is ahead.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

There had been a fierce auction and they’d been thrilled to walk away with it for fifty thousand—really a bargain.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng