sold
Americanverb
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- self-sold adjective
- unsold adjective
- well-sold adjective
Example Sentences
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The Penningtons retired in 1977 and sold the restaurant to a married couple, who had it for 18 months before selling to Cox and Malik’s parents, Ron and Kathy Dickey.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
The gallery was able to confirm it as Summer Fields by Eardley, and it has now been sold it to a private collector of Scottish art.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
“Panel gaps, fit and finish, materials, acceleration, steering, and braking were like just about any car sold here now. Some of them were more luxurious,” wrote Mark Vaughn at Autoweek.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Last week, the two guys who host it, John Coogan and Jordi Hays, sold it to OpenAI for a sum that the Financial Times reported was in the “low hundreds of millions.”
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
If he sold it for even half its value, what a profit he would make!
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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