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bidding

[bid-ing] / ˈbɪd ɪŋ /




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Filmmaker Tyler Perry is bidding farewell to his Beverly Hills mansion, listing the property for $57 million—mere weeks after revealing his plans to move to Puerto Rico.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The 28-year-old is bidding for her first title since completing the 'Sunshine Double' in March, when she won Indian Wells and the Miami Open back-to-back.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Without billions in funding and a stadium site, the rest is flowery prose, but there is no sense in dismissing any potential bidder a year or two before the bidding opens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Marr's 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo sold for £358,400 after attracting a bidding battle lasting more than five minutes.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

They were surrounded by Inka satrapies; their economy was enmeshed with the imperial machinery; they had hundreds or thousands of people doing the empire's bidding.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"Not only will we wipe out every potential influence on public biddings – we will also make the process much faster, much more efficient and totally accountable."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

In a 2013 email to dozens of senior staff at Siemens China, the manager, Cao Yong Sheng, pointed to a “huge gap between biddings and contracts,” and asked, “Where’s the gap going?”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021

Peter reluctantly admitted that Mr. Lukach, when inclined, could use his prowess as a healer for darker biddings.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017

Until then the two tables appear to be laid face to face and to be sealed, but as man acts on the biddings in his table they are unsealed and opened out.

From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by William F. Wunsch

It is his duty to state the conditions of sale, to declare the respective biddings, and to terminate the sale by knocking down the thing sold to the highest bidder.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various




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