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auctioneer

[awk-shuh-neer] / ˌɔk ʃəˈnɪər /








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“What you’re looking for as an auctioneer is someone who’s truly fearless onstage,” says auctioneer Lydia Fenet.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Schneider, the retired national guardsman, was interested in the class more to cultivate a hobby and hopes to find a local auctioneer to offer his services to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Then as he droned on like a dentist drill hitting bone, he began to sound like a South Carolina auctioneer at a county fair.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

"This is truly a first," auctioneer Arnaud Oliveux told AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

As Tommy Lacks stood by his crop praying for a good price, Henrietta and the cousins ran around the tobacco piles, talking in a fast gibberish to sound like the auctioneer.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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