as in seller
a person who runs an auction
The auctioneer started the bidding at $100.
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Recent Examples of auctioneer
In 2023, Los Angeles auctioneer Michael Barzman confessed to making the fake Basquiat paintings.
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The auctioneers board investigated a firefighter who ran a charity auction benefiting his department.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Conceived in 1898 and cast in 1907, the sculpture was found under a cloth by auctioneer Matthieu Semont, who was inventorying an apartment that had sat vacant for fifteen years.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 Feb. 2025
In the scene, Ballerini shyly laughs in a room full of people as an auctioneer ups the price for Conover.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The auctioneers board investigated a firefighter who ran a charity auction benefiting his department.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Conceived in 1898 and cast in 1907, the sculpture was found under a cloth by auctioneer Matthieu Semont, who was inventorying an apartment that had sat vacant for fifteen years.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 Feb. 2025
In the scene, Ballerini shyly laughs in a room full of people as an auctioneer ups the price for Conover.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auctioneer
Noun
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Home sellers in Southwest Florida are slashing their asking prices at rates unseen since the years that followed the economic downturn of late 2007 to 2009, according to real estate professor Shelton Weeks.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Signet Jewelers, which is the world’s top diamond jewelry retailer and the nation’s largest jewelry seller, is seeing sales drop consistently, writes Forbes senior contributor Pamela Danziger.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At Pier 60, sunsets are celebrated every evening with a festival that brings out vendors and street performers.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The high hosted 36 vendors at its career fair on Wednesday, the Desert Sun reported.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Racers and visitors are advised to not park in any merchant lots.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
The Mercury News,
19 Mar. 2025
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After all, between January 2024 and Inauguration Day, the U.S. military and its allies conducted over 260 strikes on Houthi targets, but the attacks on merchant and naval assets kept coming.—
The Editors,
National Review,
18 Mar. 2025
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Even so, traders will be looking for any hints of a positive or negative tone in the Fed’s projections and public comments at the close of the panel’s two-day meeting Wednesday afternoon.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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For now, traders on Wall Street are largely expecting the Fed to deliver two or three rate cuts by the end of 2025.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Auctioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auctioneer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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