resell
Britishverb
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He browsed for clothes and furniture at the Goodwill, looking for items he could resell, and found nothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The seller, it turned out, had been auctioning coins that had been cleaned or artificially altered—a serious flaw that graders flag and collectors shun, rendering the coins nearly impossible to resell at a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“But they sent me a completely different seat in the middle of the section, and when I reached out they told me my only recourse was to resell the tickets or keep them.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
It’s one thing to resell an item for more than you paid for it.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Best of all, this meant that I might be able to resell the horse at a bit of a profit after I reached Trebon.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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