flash sale
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The club announces a flash sale on season tickets - fans who purchase before Friday will be given a 20% discount for the full campaign - while tickets for Saturday go on sale.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
Zulily always struggled to get inventory out the door fast enough to keep up with customers’ demand — the same problem that plagued many of the flash sale startups at the time, Kodali said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024
Today the gate price dropped by $6.50 in a flash sale, so in the end, I spent 50 cents more per ticket.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023
Klein also said he would have proposed a 24-hour flash sale of Dodgers and Giants merchandise on the league’s website, energizing the fan bases, with a portion of the proceeds donated to charity.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2021
Neiman Marcus, which is one of her largest accounts and reportedly considering filing for bankruptcy protection, included that collection in a shop-at-home flash sale.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020
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