silent auctions

noun

plural of silent auction
as in auctions

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  1. auctions
  2. sales
  3. transactions
  4. negotiations
Noun
  • Sellers, from former entertainment workers to small-business owners, use live auctions to build audiences and businesses, while TikTok, Amazon and others compete for shoppers.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • That’s on top of more than $200B in spectrum auctions over the past decade, plus the stores, care, and distribution that support customers every day.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of auctions
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
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
Noun
  • The airport will give a public presentation Monday updating the City Council on the latest details to come out of the negotiations.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The current contract allows the league to reopen negotiations because of the ownership change.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiations
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“Silent auctions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silent%20auctions. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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