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bidding

[bid-ing] / ˈbɪd ɪŋ /




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As of Friday morning, bidding had reached $850,101, with a 22% buyer’s premium bringing the price to nearly $1.04 million.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

The Ellisons are in a deep hole because of the price they paid in the bidding war with Netflix for the potentially promising Warner assets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Liverpool then moved on to other targets, and PSG have now opted against entering a bidding war with Real.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The company could get aggressive at these auctions by not only collecting spectrum as a potential bargaining chip, but also by bidding up prices and raising the cost of business for its rivals, Zhu noted.

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

Reynie finally settled on lasagna and chocolate milk—and ice cream, since Sticky refused to do Constance’s bidding.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

"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

He did not admit that the limits of duties should exceed the biddings of Nature.

From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich)

The queer, dry, lean old Captain had been to her all her life like a faithful kobold or brownie, an unquestioning servant of all her gentle biddings.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher




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