SOLD Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

sold

verb

Definition of sold

past tense of sell

as in marketed

to offer for sale to the public used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market

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Recent Examples of sold The nine books in the series have sold 3 million copies and been published in 205 countries. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 Published by Puffin, the nine books of the Lottie Brooks series have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 It was intended to be a casino, but when the law to legalize casinos didn’t pass, the property was sold. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Yes, IPOs can be postponed at any point before shares are sold. — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026 Cooke sold the Kings to Jerry Buss after 12 seasons and eight trips to the postseason, then Bruce McNall bought out Buss in 1988. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Saville’s 1992 painting Propped sold for over £9 million in 2018, breaking records for the most expensive work ever sold by a female living artist at the time. — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The miracle makeup, more than 400 units of which were sold in the past month, almost always sits at full price. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 The average new car in America sold for $50,089 in August, crossing over the $50,000 line for the first time since last December, according to Kelley Blue Book data. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sold

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Some companies have marketed TMR keyboards as Hall-effect boards.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
The gap between demos and reality As Balzano explained, humanoid robots are regularly marketed as flexible, general-purpose workers.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of marketed

Verb

The funding comes from the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and is distributed to each borough’s arts councils, which act as regrant partners and dole out grants to individual artists annually as part of an open call.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Such direct observations can be detailed, but they are often limited to near-coastal regions and unevenly distributed, while many of the most important stages of hurricane development occur over the open ocean where direct observations are sparse.

— Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of distributed

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No payment is requested or exchanged at any point during the selection, evaluation or ranking process; inclusion is based solely on the methodology.

— Kelli Grant, CFP®,Riley de León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Fresh off the heels of Thom Browne’s New York Fashion Week presentation, where models and dancers embodied bugs and butterflies, the designer exchanged emails with Tyler Matthew Oyer about his creative process.

— Tyler Matthew Oyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026