How to Use make an offer in a Sentence

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  • This is one of the reasons the Jaguars may not make an offer that brings him back to Jacksonville.
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Within two hours of the listing, Progress can make an offer.
    — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The Tigers were the first team to call Lavarnway's agent and make an offer following the lockout.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Lazaro says Kouri used financing from a group of investors to make an offer on the house for $3.9 million.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • For example, would the Broncos, coming off a 7-10 season, make an offer close to what the Colts gave up for Wentz?
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Sometimes, buyers don’t have a chance to make an offer before a home is snapped up, sight unseen.
    — NBC News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Based on your answers, Carvana will make an offer that's good for seven days.
    — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 19 Sep. 2020
  • If the right candidate comes along, make an offer sooner rather than later.
    — Charles Hipps, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • There’s also the possibility that if a team does make an offer to Jackson, the Ravens can simply match it.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
  • To close a deal, some real-estate agents will go the extra mile to make an offer attractive to a seller or buyer.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
  • To close a deal, some real-estate agents will go the extra mile to make an offer attractive to a seller or buyer.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 May 2023
  • Corden then played real estate agent, urging Harry to make an offer on the place after the prince had nipped in for a bathroom break.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022
  • Then again, the Giants could make an offer that Judge can't refuse, and become the star attraction bringing fans back to Oracle Park.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
  • According to the Los Angeles Times, if people who want to make an offer on the house have to submit it by midnight on Halloween.
    — Fox News, 23 Oct. 2021
  • What’s the best way to make an offer that’s really understood by (and attractive to) the other party?
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • Still, being over the cap would require some fancy maneuvering to make an offer to any of the centers listed above.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The county could still find its way back to the negotiating table and, in advance of the announcement of this deal did make an offer of new resources.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Here, real estate agents share with House Beautiful how to make an offer—and tips for doing so in a seller’s market.
    — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 5 Mar. 2021
  • An interested buyer can make an offer on any of the furniture, though the family has claimed a few pieces.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Although those buyers didn’t make an offer, the house did eventually sell.
    — Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The private equity firm has until the end of April 8 to announce a firm intention to make an offer or to withdraw, according to U.K. takeover rules.
    — Thomas Seal, Bloomberg.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The Draper native grew up a hard-core Utah fan, but after the Utes didn’t make an offer, Wilson started looking at other programs.
    — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The message went unread, but when Page sent out a proposal in February 2022, Clark made sure her company was ready to make an offer.
    — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
  • At age 24, after three years in the business, Hsieh decided to cobble together his funds and make an offer to Tricor’s owners to buy them out.
    — Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Vulpes’s stake had risen to 28% (it’s been diluted over the years as other investors have come in), a touch below the 30% threshold where U.K. rules would require it to make an offer for the entire company.
    — Bei Hu, Bloomberg.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • But one thing that could happen when the talks move to Washington next month is that the full board could make an offer to the two sides to submit the long-running disagreement to binding arbitration.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • When the Sans Souci mobile home park near Boulder's scenic Flatirons was purchased by a corporate landlord in 2018, residents weren't given a chance to make an offer.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2022
  • In a less-heated market, buyers can make an offer on a home that is contingent upon selling their current home.
    — Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 4 June 2021
  • The government also issued an export ban certificate, which means that French officials will have 30 months to make an offer to the pistols’ new owner.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024
  • According to family lore, the bank that oversaw the ranch on behalf of an estate was so desperate to get rid of it that a banker urged Mr. Thomas’s reluctant grandfather to make an offer.
    — Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2022

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