as in seller
a person who runs an auction
The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
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Recent Examples of auctioneer
Trump last week announced plans to nominate former Missouri Rep. Billy Long, who worked as an auctioneer before serving six terms in the House of Representatives, to serve as the next commissioner of the IRS.
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Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
In his own testimony, auctioneer Jeff Tanenbaum defended the sale process when Jones’ lawyers pressed him over not holding a live auction.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Long worked as an auctioneer before serving six terms in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Despite auctioneers selling about 1,600 works of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art within the last week, the only serious moment of excitement came from a $6.2 million banana.
—Julia Halperin, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
In his own testimony, auctioneer Jeff Tanenbaum defended the sale process when Jones’ lawyers pressed him over not holding a live auction.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Long worked as an auctioneer before serving six terms in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Despite auctioneers selling about 1,600 works of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art within the last week, the only serious moment of excitement came from a $6.2 million banana.
—Julia Halperin, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioneer
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For example, Kirkland’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil is consistently rated a best seller and a favorite among shoppers for both quality and price.Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
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One of the platform’s centerpiece features is a deposit and escrow service, connecting buyers and sellers to help facilitate their transactions.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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Another vendor will be Burn Boot Camp Poway, at 14767 Pomerado Road.Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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So if, as the authors note, hardware vendors are shifting toward low-precision inference, that’s an excellent example.John Werner, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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During the 1985 Christmas season, a coal merchant in an Irish village makes a troubling discovery.The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Further afield, a merchant vessel found off of Israel’s coast, about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, made headlines as the oldest deep-sea shipwreck identified to date.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Friday’s jobs report means traders see it as a near certainty that the Fed will not cut interest rates at its next meeting later this month.Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Since September, traders have dialed back their expectations for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, and Donald Trump won the presidential election with a platform that calls for higher tariffs across the board.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Auctioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auctioneer. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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