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Mary Earps, goalkeeper for England’s women’s national team, hit out at Nike in a press conference ahead of the 2023 Women’s World Cup over the sports manufacturer’s decision to not make her shirt available for public sale.
—Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
In-person tickets to the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida venue start at $160 and go up for presale on October 28th, with public sales beginning the next day.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2024
Some 3 million people tuned in to the broadcast on Chinese shopping platform Taobao, which was the first time a Chinese firm has put tickets for space tourism up for public sale.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
In 2018, a Dutch court ruled that, while the painting was not confiscated before its public sale in 1940, the museum purchased it in good faith, without knowledge of its prewar history.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2021
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First Known Use
1641, in the meaning defined above
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“Public sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20sale. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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