bidding
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A buoyant stock market has supercharged capital gains and stock options for the state’s tech workers, while the AI boom has prompted a bidding war for engineers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
But even some of the grants slated to fund more traditional human rights projects skirt federal requirements for competitive bidding that are meant to deter waste, fraud and abuse.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
A spending cap, or salary cap, could limit the earnings potential of top athletes because it would prevent an open bidding process.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Companies bidding for government contracts are judged on a range of measures, including value for money and the extent to which they bring benefits to the local community.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
‘I bent my thought upon him, bidding him to make haste; for yesterday he was far away in the south of this land. Swiftly may he bear me back again!’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
"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
Again a pause ensued; but anon the biddings rose rapidly to five hundred guineas.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton
A sickly body will never do well the biddings of the mind.
