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Recent Examples of fire sale
Mary Laporte, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
With the right plan and budget for completion, the lender can avoid a fire sale.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Milan is already known as a global capital of fashion, but fire-sale shopping is gaining traction.
—Andrea Pietrini, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Adults struggled to react – selling most of their belongings at fire sale prices.
—Mary Laporte, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
With the right plan and budget for completion, the lender can avoid a fire sale.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Large investors are throwing in the towel and selling prime properties at fire-sale prices, because the majority are over-leveraged while vacancies continue to rise, leading to lower cash flow.
—Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
Milan is already known as a global capital of fashion, but fire-sale shopping is gaining traction.
—Andrea Pietrini, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire sale
Noun
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The reopened highway, which is dogged by traffic jams in normal times, is likely to be slow going for years as debris clearance and reconstruction continue.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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Beyond the immediate injuries and damage to the historic sailing ship, the collision raises significant questions about maritime safety protocols in New York Harbor, particularly regarding tall ship clearance under the city's bridges.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
Noun
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That means buyers can no longer carve out for purchase just the clean assets.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Amelia and her family hosted Amelia’s Act of Kindness Yard Sale on Saturday at Homer Glen’s Heritage Park, where the community could donate new toys for area hospitals and purchase used toys with proceeds helping fund playground equipment geared for students of all abilities.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Shein and Temu make up 17% of the discount US market, according to a congressional report on China’s e-commerce exports.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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For non-discount customers, PG&E said in an email its typical bill is around $211 per month as of January.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Plants leftover after the main plant sale will also be sold in a community garage sale being held at different locations in Ramona.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Van Gogh Museum says a painting discovered at a Minnesota garage sale that appeared to be by the famed artist is not a real Van Gogh after all.—
Axios Twin Cities,
Axios,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Our closeout for the night is Game 3 between the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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However, those aggressive closeouts gave Jones the time to step into pull-up jumpers with no contest.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The capital city of Virginia is just two hours from D.C. and has festivals and street fairs in a range of neighborhoods or along the James River pretty much every weekend.—
Patrice J. Williams,
Essence,
23 May 2025
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The four-day fair at the JAX District opened Tuesday and will run through Friday.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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The plan is to open no more than 20 globally so the company can continue to service its most-important wholesale clients such as Bergdorf Goodman in New York and Stanley Korshak in Dallas.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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Around the time of On’s 2021 initial public offering, Nike saw declining sales during a pullback from wholesale retailers and stalling innovation.—
Merritt Enright,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Orland Park church hosts rummage sale A rummage sale is planned for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 9 and 8 a.m. to noon May 10 at Orland Park Christian Reformed Church, 7500 Sycamore Drive, Orland Park.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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Women in the church’s circle began hosting rummage sales nearly 50 years ago in the building now housing Chapel on the Green.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Fire sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20sale. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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