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bidding war

American  
[bid-ing-wawr] / ˈbɪd ɪŋ wɔr /

noun

  1. a competition in which two or more potential buyers make increasing offers to buy the same thing.

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Her 2024 follow-up, “Real Americans,” sparked a 17-way bidding war for what this paper called “a disorienting, masterful, shape-shifting novel about multiracial identity.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

After the Paris Olympics there was a bidding war for him despite the heavyweight failing to win a medal.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Competing against streaming giant Netflix, Paramount Skydance prevailed in the bidding war for Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Netflix was at the center of a major bidding war with Paramount Skydance over the past several months.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

When Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding went up for auction, a huge bidding war broke out between several of the large gunter clans.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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