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noun

plural of auction
as in sales
a public event at which things are sold to the people who offer to pay the most She bought the desk at an auction. He made several bids at the auction.

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verb

present tense third-person singular of auction
as in exchanges

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Recent Examples of auctions
Noun
Meanwhile, investors keep heading for the bond market exits, selling off bonds and demanding higher rates at government bond auctions as inflation continues to rise. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Hapag-Lloyd said in mid-September that draft limits had cut cargo-carrying capacity on affected vessels and raised costs through priority auctions, surcharges and alternative routings. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 However, unlike those March auctions, which delivered two white-glove auctions, the autumn season yielded just one, at Christie’s. — Hok-Hang Cheung, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Others, including Lucky the lamb, were rescued from meat auctions. — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Each event will allocate a portion of ticket sales to its benefiting organization as well as offer exclusive packages through online auctions leading up to the events. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 Each event will allocate a portion of ticket sales to benefiting organizations as well as offer exclusive packages through online auctions leading up to the events. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026 At the same time, other heavily indebted countries and AI hyperscalers are competing for bond investors’ capital, so auctions require attractive yields to draw sufficient demand. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 The Department of Financial Services periodically holds unclaimed property auctions, where abandoned safe deposit box contents are auctioned by the Division of Unclaimed Property, the state said. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctions
  1. sales
  2. exchanges
  3. transactions
  4. swaps
  5. negotiations
  6. bargains
  7. purchases
  8. deals
Noun
  • During a period of difficult economic conditions, the city council votes to allow sales only to city residents.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The distinction matters because Oura’s sales still lean heavily toward hardware, according to Siu.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of sales
Verb
  • Consistency turns individual relationships into a community that exchanges honest advice, surfaces opportunities and helps its members navigate growth.
    — C200, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Thomas regularly exchanges texts and Instagram messages with Alex’s mother, Leah, in Perth, while enjoying the company of his father, Damien, a former Australian rules football player, when the Condons travel stateside.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
Definition of exchanges
Noun
  • New forms of payment, including digital currency, are working their way into everyday transactions, and AI is beginning to move from informing decisions to initiating and completing them.
    — Andy Zosel, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • And the regime has trustees in many surrounding nations who secretively conduct transactions for the regime in the form of US dollars, cryptocurrency or other means to avoid detection, according to Brown.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of transactions
Verb
  • This version swaps the Snapdragon for Intel's Wildcat Lake chips.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Pillow Brooklyn Shoulder Bag 34, another September arrival, swaps out its prototype’s magnetic closure with a zipper.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of swaps
Noun
  • The remains of medieval ruler Czar Samuel arrived in Bulgaria on Saturday, after decades of negotiations with neighboring Greece.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The report also stated that Saudi Arabia has ruled out negotiations until the strait has been wrested from Houthi control.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiations
Verb
  • The union usually bargains in the same year as performers’ union SAG-AFTRA and directors’ union the Directors Guild of America.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Apr. 2026
  • One potential—though untested—workaround would be for conferences, which are private entities, to serve as a joint employer that bargains with a players’ union.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of bargains
Verb
  • The garment vendor purchases the bags from Weavabel, uses them to pack garments and ships the inventory to distribution centers.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That can include a homeowner using proceeds from the sale of another property, a retiree downsizing, an individual investor, a landlord, a developer or a company that purchases homes directly from owners.
    — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of purchases
Verb
  • The new season deals directly with the aftermath of the attack and what Raz described as the nature of revenge.
    — Stewart Ain, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Keep scrolling for more information on Prime Big Deal Days 2026—plus, 50+ of the best early Amazon deals from the sale.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of deals

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“Auctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auctions. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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