How to Use fire sale in a Sentence

fire sale

noun
  • The company is having a fire sale of its old office equipment.
  • Chevy is having a fire sale of sorts for the 2021 Bolt.
    Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The price of Bitcoin dropped about 2% on the news of Tesla’s fire sale.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 July 2022
  • The Cincinnati Reds are in the early stages of what appears to be a fire sale.
    Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Stardock bought the rights to Star Control in an Atari fire sale back in 2013.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Regardless of what the Padres decide to do, this isn’t time for a fire sale.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • That means rolling out fire sale prices which tarnishes the brand.
    Kyle Stock, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • In announcing the price cuts, Fisker billed the move as a strategic shift rather than a fire sale.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Was this a good outcome, just OK, or a total fire sale?
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • On the other hand, if the Cubs don’t wake up soon, Hoyer could be the one looking at a fire sale.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024
  • The players have, as yet, not been alerted to a looming fire sale.
    New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Just at catcher, Charles Johnson was part of a second wave of trades from the 1998 fire sale.
    Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 July 2018
  • SoftBank has plenty of cash on hand thanks to a fire sale of assets.
    Streisand Neto, CNN, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Yelich said the emotions of the Marlins' fire sale have been crazy and exhausting.
    USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Cincinnati Reds go all in on fire sale at trade deadline, but ...
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The Kings refrained from a fire sale at the trade deadline because of the play-in tournament.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • To generate deals, the networks had to hold the equivalent of a fire sale.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Berry made a shrewd move by trading a 2021 fifth-round pick for Harrison in the Jaguars’ fire sale.
    cleveland, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Wait for the inevitable fire sale The Palm phone is a terrible device for $350.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2018
  • So many players who with the Marlins went through tough times after a fire sale.
    Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 June 2018
  • Realmuto asked for a trade in February in the midst of the latest fire sale.
    Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 July 2018
  • The bottom line for shoppers: Expect more deals but don’t hold out for fire sales.
    Time, 27 Aug. 2023
  • At some point, a rebuild has to turn the corner from fire sale to core retention.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2018
  • The players and the fan base sound uninterested in a fire sale.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
  • Thanks to a fire sale, the Cubs entered our game with12 straight home losses, tying a franchise record.
    The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Despite the drop in wholesale prices, don't look for dealers to offer a fire sale on used cars just yet.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2020
  • And the frequency of office building fire sales has risen.
    Gabe Burke, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
  • And of course, Saudi Arabia’s own holdings would be damaged in such a fire sale.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Experts warned that buyers were waiting for a fire sale.
    New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • While there’s still a need to sell assets to lighten Rallye’s debt load, Naouri has options to avoid a fire sale.
    Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019

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