as in to sell
to offer for sale to the public
the textile manufacturer doesn't retail its fabrics to consumers, offering them only to wholesalers and garment makers
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Recent Examples of retail
This hardcover collection of recipes retails for $35.
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Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
Or, grab a DJI Osmo Action 6, which currently retails for under $400, while Insta360’s premium X5 sits around $550.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2026
In 1981, the company tried to boost business by offering one-stop financial services that pulled its focus from retailing.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The frames retail outside China for $599; that’s less than the Meta Ray-Ban Display, which starts at $799 but is not officially sold in China, where a firewall blocks access to Facebook.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
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Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
Or, grab a DJI Osmo Action 6, which currently retails for under $400, while Insta360’s premium X5 sits around $550.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2026
In 1981, the company tried to boost business by offering one-stop financial services that pulled its focus from retailing.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
The frames retail outside China for $599; that’s less than the Meta Ray-Ban Display, which starts at $799 but is not officially sold in China, where a firewall blocks access to Facebook.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for retail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retail
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Introduced in the 1970s, Roundup quickly became the top-selling herbicide in the United States and integral to farming.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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So was the Biden administration’s decision to block Nvidia from selling its most advanced AI chips to China in 2022.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bukele knows how to market himself and that the packaging matters.—
Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
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What is being marketed, in the end, is not just a set of outcomes, but a way of treating political outcomes as already settled.—
Atom Ariola,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Retail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retail. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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