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sell off

[sel-awf, -of] / ˈsɛlˌɔf, -ˌɒf /


NOUN
auction
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Fifa says "key documents" relating to president Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors will be made available to members of its council.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

In September, a US judge declined to order Google to sell off parts of its advertising technology business, imposing restrictions on how it operates instead.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Treasurys had plenty of reasons to sell off — and yet they didn’t.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Opera originally planned to carefully cut the curtain into pieces at the end of the season and sell off sections in order to raise funds, but that idea is in flux.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Said so many crops was blowed away that lots of sharecroppers starved and even the Tanners got sunk so low they had to sell off some slaves.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis


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