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verb

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Recent Examples of wholesale
Adjective
In the first three months of 2025, retail sales rose 11.9 percent, while wholesale revenues were up 8.2 percent. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025 In the meantime, though, DHgate, an online wholesale store infamous for selling Chinese dupes of luxury goods, has shot to #2 on the US Apple app store. Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
Another engine of growth was wholesaling to retailers like Nordstrom and REI, which bolstered Mr. Kudla’s vision of a brand that could exist alongside both fashion labels and outdoor gear. Max Berlinger, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 The proposal would open the door to wholesaling marijuana to the new entities, according to Savchenko. Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wholesale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wholesale
Adjective
  • In recent national headlines were a fatal crash of a tour helicopter in New York, a small plane that crashed in Florida and two commercial jets that clipped wings at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • That includes the opinion of an external specialist who will have a view, the league’s Databank (a system that includes all the information relating to the clubs’ commercial deals and player transfers) and the information Chelsea submit to the league as part of the transaction.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Not every outfit in his extensive repertoire may be a hit with his fans.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
  • This capability directly addresses use cases involving the analysis of extensive codebases, the summarization of lengthy documents, or maintaining context in prolonged complex interactions necessary for sophisticated AI agents.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For American families, this means relatively inexpensive toys could become luxuries.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
  • This adds to development costs and puts a damper on Thunderbolt adoption spreading to budget laptops and other inexpensive products.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Nintendo will retail the Switch 2 for $449.99 at launch, which is significantly higher than the original Switch's $299 price tag.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The pieces retail for $4,500 and $2,300, respectively, on Moda Operandi's website.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The strategy is straightforward: invest at least $2,000 in a company's stock to gain shareholder rights, then submit resolutions pushing for corporate responsibility.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Those declines reflect investor concerns about the impact of multilateral tariffs on corporate profits and on the broader economy, with some analysts raising the odds of a recession.
    Anne Marie Drummond Lee, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The set continued for three more songs, but ended on a note of some confusion and widespread grumbling from the audience.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The California State University had also released an audit claiming widespread financial mismanagement at the station.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sanders focused broadly on the need for livable wages, access to health care and affordable housing, and similar issues that have long been part of the Independent politician’s platform.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The first is the most obvious — the front office hopes to stockpile affordable depth by adding several players on rookie scale contracts ahead of the upcoming negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • During the course of the case, Grossman requested a wide range of documentation, related to OSA records, the alleged victim’s mental health, her email communication with Taylor and her hospital records, according to court filings.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Pan stressed the importance of providing customers with a wide range of customization options.
    Lauren Carpenter, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Wholesale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wholesale. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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