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wholesale

[hohl-sayl] / ˈhoʊlˌseɪl /


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The symbolism of that globe and what it meant completely escapes them, just as Eisenhower’s legacy has been dismissed by them wholesale.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

A 19% drop in wholesale volumes on year is the main surprise, analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

PSG's squad depth has allowed them to make wholesale changes frequently in Ligue 1 games and still get results.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The news isn’t any better if you look at producer prices, also known as wholesale prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Not only did she drive it, she drove it well enough to pull a trailer behind it full of wholesale supplies for her family’s grocery store.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Production, exports and wholesales of passenger cars in China all hit fresh highs in November compared with the same month in prior years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

Consumers have faced sharply higher prices for goods and services this year as businesses deal with an unprecedented jump in wholesales prices.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2021

To some extent, the board split reflected different levels of dependence on the imported supplies that Metropolitan wholesales to the Southland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2018

But Jeff Kightlinger, general manager of the giant Metropolitan Water District, which wholesales water to the six counties of that megalopolis, said there is enough to last the year, even without more rain.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2014

It gave an imposing appearance to most of the wholesales plain view of the street.

From Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

That’s not the narrative being wholesaled by the financial press and investment pundits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022

“In a normal situation, there’s some surplus that gets generated when you’re farming,” he said, explaining that the surplus would be wholesaled to other retailers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2021

He has brokered real estate deals in Florida, arranged bank loans in Venezuela, marketed industrial pumps in Thailand, wholesaled shoes in Panama, promoted a building-materials company to Mexican interests and advised transnational financial services firms.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2015

After that, I started a company that wholesaled mobile phones.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2011

Justice demands a careful consideration of every case; it cannot be machine-made; it cannot be wholesaled.

From The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) by Charles C. Cook

Nomura likes the Japanese pharmaceutical wholesaler’s approach to anticipating investor expectations by undertaking reform in wholesaling business, formulating strategies to boost return on equity, and enhancing shareholder returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Equipment wholesaling and transportation logistics are service industries that saw big jumps in the April data, a sign that higher oil prices are transitioning into a “second-order effect,” Helfstein says.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Born in 1852, Bruun began to collect coins as a boy in the 1850s and ’60s, years before he began to amass vast riches in the packing and wholesaling of butter.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

Still, redevelopment pressures, driven by manufacturing and wholesaling interests and ultimately high-end development on the outskirts of the area, never went away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

About that time they commenced wholesaling, and gradually built up a business from five thousand dollars the first year, to a million dollars.

From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Maurice Joblin


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