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sell off

verb as in liquidate

noun as in auction

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The event that sparked discussion of U.S. intervention was a sharp sell-off of the Argentine currency, the peso, as well as the country’s stocks and bonds.

From Salon

In particular, this month the Bank will set out its plans for the sell-off its own stock of government debt, amassed over years.

From BBC

Do Kwon was the boss of Singapore-based Terraform Labs, which operated two cryptocurrencies - TerraUSD and Luna - both of which collapsed in 2022, triggering a wider sell-off in the crypto market.

From BBC

In late 2020, McDonald adopted a “risky short position” betting against the U.S. economy following the presidential election, with the idea that the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the election would trigger a major sell-off in the stock market, according to the Justice Department.

Stocks saw a sell-off, with benchmark indexes in Taiwan and South Korea in the red on Friday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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