as in seller
a person who runs an auction
The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
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Recent Examples of auctioneer
The card was put up for auction by Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd., an auctioneer in Wiltshire, England, that specializes in Titanic memorabilia.
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Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
Trump has tapped Billy Long, a former professional auctioneer who represented Missouri's 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2023, as the next head of the IRS.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Long is a former auctioneer and has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving Congress in 2022.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Related article Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered in Italy
Garage prints take a surreal turn
An auctioneer in London found 10 signed Salvador Dalà lithographs during a routine antiques assessment — after they had been forgotten for 50 years in the owner’s garage.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
Trump has tapped Billy Long, a former professional auctioneer who represented Missouri's 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2023, as the next head of the IRS.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Long is a former auctioneer and has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving Congress in 2022.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Related article Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered in Italy
Garage prints take a surreal turn
An auctioneer in London found 10 signed Salvador Dalà lithographs during a routine antiques assessment — after they had been forgotten for 50 years in the owner’s garage.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for auctioneer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioneer
Noun
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Home sales skidded to a fresh low in 2024 as high mortgage rates and property prices kept buyers and sellers on the sidelines of the housing market.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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In a more balanced market between buyers and sellers, there is a 4- to 6-month supply.—
ALEX VEIGA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica spoke with an IT vendor manager who has been using VMware's vSphere since the early 2000s.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Jan. 2025
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This one uses Undercurrent’s signature espresso combined with fresh, creamy gelato from nearby vendor Honeysuckle Gelato.—
Sunny Hubler,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Jan. 2025
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To further secure financial transactions, a third-party merchant handles card processing, while AWS manages physical security under the SOC3 assessment.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
16 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,
15 Jan. 2025
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Bitcoin and crypto prices have swung wildly this week as traders brace for U.S. president Donald Trump to drop a bitcoin price bombshell.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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According to Politico, Lighthizer would have been interested in the jobs of Treasury or Commerce Secretary, but those positions had gone to Wall Street insiders: the currency trader Scott Bessent got Treasury, and Commerce went to the major cryptocurrency investor Howard Lutnick.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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