public offering

NOUN

shares for sale in a company

Synonyms

WEAK

initial public offering new securities issue

Example Sentences

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This week’s initial public offering by SpaceX, and the pending IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic, intensify that angst with stratospheric prices for innovation and potential growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The Eagle has landed: Elon Musk’s SpaceX raised $75 billion in the largest initial public offering ever, and the stock will begin trading some time today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Retail investors will play a huge role in how the initial public offering goes.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

On top of being the largest initial public offering in history, Friday’s hotly anticipated SpaceX IPO is unique in another way.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

He would make the public offering on the Epiphany in Westminster Abbey.

From The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Yonge, Charlotte Mary