How to Use resell in a Sentence

resell

verb
  • The site found that Gen X resells the most and Gen Z resells the fastest.
    Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • To resell at the Strand for cash, earning enough for one tenth of a cup of coffee.
    Ginny Hogan, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Thieves won’t be able to resell it, as others can’t use the handset as long as there’s a lock on the screen.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 30 Mar. 2022
  • While most of the junk goes to the dump, the McKinneys resell some of their best finds and preserve others.
    Sonel Cutler, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Now people are reselling them on EBay for $110 for the same 4 bottles.
    Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 June 2023
  • Texas doesn’t have a state law against reselling tickets.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There are people out there that will buy it from you and resell it as vintage.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Those scripts for Oxy 80s would pay their own freight, reselling on the street, where a bottle of 90 pills was worth thousands.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
  • These items are not food for your family, but things to resell.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The original plan was to resell it - and move the family to Yorkville, a small town in Racine County.
    Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Tickets appear to be sold out but are reselling for $108+.
    Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Then stash it away, throw it away, or resell it on the secondary market to a site such as Gazelle or Swappa.
    WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Live Nation put much of the blame on bots and scalpers who scoop up tickets in order to resell them at higher prices.
    Clare Hymes, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • As long as iBuyers can quickly resell the home, things can go smoothly.
    Bylance Lambert, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The touts get an unfair share of tickets and resell them on these marketplaces.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Farmers would grow them, wholesalers would buy them and then resell them in Gonaives.
    Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
  • The intention of the program is to fight scalpers, who use bots to purchase tickets in bulk to resell them at higher prices.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The old iPhones, which could fetch up to $640, have been auctioned to buyers in Asia, who resell them at a markup, Mr. Maldonado said.
    Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • People would use them for a one-way trip, then sell the return portion to a ticket broker, who would resell it, adding a fee.
    Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
  • These are products that professional thieves can resell a lot of at one time and make a lot of money, said Lowe.
    Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
  • But marketing rare or unique in-game items—and letting players resell them—isn't a new thing.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Outside’s partner, Gear Fix, will repair and resell your stuff for free!
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Traders buy to resell and the gas will ultimately be used in Europe, Asia or elsewhere.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • All denied reselling the bottles, which are in-demand on the secondary market.
    Tsicking, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The holder of such a security can resell it to people who want to buy storage on the network.
    IEEE Spectrum, 1 Dec. 2023
  • There was even a tidy profit to be made by buying and then reselling bulky items like dumbbells and exercise bikes.
    WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
  • This has led to sharp rises in prices for new and used cars — if there are any left in the lot — and to scalpers snatching up the latest video game consoles to resell at inflated prices.
    Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 16 June 2022
  • Under state law, anyone who resells tickets must be licensed to do so.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • No tailgating will be allowed, and people will not be able to resell their tickets.
    Steve Bittenbender, Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Used Pixel 6 devices with wear and tear are selling for an average of $185 each on B-Stock, which buys and resells used smartphones in bulk.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023

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