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Recent Examples of fire sale
Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Imagine a tourist from Los Angeles visiting Milan during a fire sale.
—Andrea Pietrini, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 June 2024
Most livestock herds are now owned by merchant-soldier cartels—either stolen or bought from desperate herders at fire-sale prices—which monopolize the lucrative export trade.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
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Noun
Penn’s fire sale of Barstool back to Portnoy came as Penn entered into a major deal with ESPN to rebrand the online sports-betting business from Barstool Sportsbook to ESPN Bet.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Imagine a tourist from Los Angeles visiting Milan during a fire sale.
—Andrea Pietrini, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The box office is down 26% from 2023, and media conglomerates like Paramount Global are being offered up for fire-sale prices.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 June 2024
Most livestock herds are now owned by merchant-soldier cartels—either stolen or bought from desperate herders at fire-sale prices—which monopolize the lucrative export trade.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire sale
Noun
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Trump issued an executive order suspending clearances for those at another prominent law firm, Wilmer Hale.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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Nonetheless, the staffer was investigated, asked to take a polygraph and was told the agency intends to revoke her clearance.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Each soap purchase includes a redemption code for exclusive downloadable content in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — specifically, a custom in-game calling card.—
WWD Staff,
WWD,
21 Mar. 2025
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The summons pertains to a case concerning Musk’s eventual purchase of Twitter, now known as X, for $44 billion in 2022.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Window closing on discount weight-loss drugs Many Americans have turned to compounding pharmacies to get popular weight-loss drugs, due to lack of availability or expensive retail price tags.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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And some stores, like discount German grocers Lidl and Aldi, are limiting the number of egg purchases.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Instead, most folks today are mixing and matching all sorts of furniture: antiques mixed with garage sale finds, thrifted art, and heirloom wall hangings.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2025
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The garage sale was staged near the Park Blvd Plaza and at one point had nearly 1,000 people in a line that wrapped up and around a walkway, down the right field line all the way behind home plate.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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The Knicks allow the fifth-fewest attempts per game, but over time, numbers this bad indicate structural issues — poor closeouts, breakdowns in coverage and a lack of rim protection forcing extra help rotations.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The cafe hosts events like yoga, paint nights, poetry readings and craft fairs.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
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Bret Michaels will perform on the fair’s main stage on Saturday, July 12.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Today, this more integrated partnership is the first iteration of a more significant strategic wholesale push from Universal Standard, which is now set to launch with Anthropologie, Macy’s, Wantables, nearly 50 boutiques across the country this year.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The priority now is to consolidate its wholesale footprint in these areas, before expanding in Asia, which the founders already explored via the launch of pop-ups in countries like Japan last year.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Find bargains: The Ed Brown Center for Active Adults will hold a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 29 at the center, 18402 W. Bernardo Drive in Rancho Bernardo Community Park.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The 49ers will continue to add players who won’t excite the fan base, but NFL free agency is a rummage sale.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Fire sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20sale. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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