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wholesale

[hohl-seyl] / ˈhoʊlˌseɪl /


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Korner chided the prosecution for "wholesale dumping" of documents and urged the parties to work together to reduce the size of the case file.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Including sales by petroleum, oilseed and grain merchants, wholesale trade for July was up 0.4% at C$137.3 billion, and 13.8% higher than in the same month last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Truist Financial plans to use the proceeds from the sale to repay wholesale borrowings as it continues its broader strategic review.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Industry figures reposted by seafood market intelligence platform Undercurrent suggest wholesale Chilean jack mackerel costs roughly one-third as much as Atlantic mackerel.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Drays full of wholesale goods rumbled over the pavers, led by immense horses gusting steam into the murk above.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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 would be to the interest of rural societies to deal with co-operative wholesales just as much as it is in the interest of urban stores to do so.

From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by George William Russell

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

Marketing: In our large apple-growing districts the crop is generally wholesaled, either in the orchard or subject to delivery at the railroad, generally in barrels.

From The Apple by Various

Margins for machinery and equipment wholesaling rose 3.5% month over month in April.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Jefferies also expects Sigma to make improvements in its wholesaling business.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

By the 1930s, the Mayers had expanded into jewelry wholesaling and made more than 100 street clocks for customers in multiple states, said Mendez.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 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

Of course, when I buy big lots I do a little wholesaling, but I put away all I cannot sell at the time.”

From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Frank Andrew Munsey




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