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Recent Examples of silent auction
The program also features a silent auction of luxury handbags donated by Elyse Walker, a raffle with prizes including jewelry from XIV Karats and a luxury hotel stay, among other offerings.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Full Moon Farm hosted a Spring Festival & Derby Cross fundraiser Sunday in Finksburg, open to the community, that included a 1-mile fun run, pony rides, a silent auction, local vendors, food, and an equestrian competition.
—Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2026
On April 26, the group will host its annual Spring Fling, a general membership meeting that will include a silent auction and a double-gun shoot.
—Andrew Weeks, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
There will also be a silent auction of a custom guitar and other Gibson memorabilia.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Full Moon Farm hosted a Spring Festival & Derby Cross fundraiser Sunday in Finksburg, open to the community, that included a 1-mile fun run, pony rides, a silent auction, local vendors, food, and an equestrian competition.
—Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2026
On April 26, the group will host its annual Spring Fling, a general membership meeting that will include a silent auction and a double-gun shoot.
—Andrew Weeks, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
There will also be a silent auction of a custom guitar and other Gibson memorabilia.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silent auction
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Christie’s said the sale marked the first time a major auction house offered a digital-only artwork with a non-fungible token as a guarantee of its authenticity, as well as the first time cryptocurrency has been used to pay for an artwork at auction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after the Iran war began, there were several weak Treasury auctions in which bonds cleared at higher-than-expected yields or drew insufficient buyer demand.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The club was put on sale 16 months ago by its ownership group.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The group, originally signed to RCA Records, released two albums of bustling synth pop and opened for Harry Styles in the late twenty-tens but was cast off in the early days of the pandemic owing to low sales.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Paramount on Monday asked the FCC for authorization to include the royal families and other foreign investors to help finance the company’s proposed $81-billion transaction.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was charged Friday with unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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The following months were filled with back-and-forth negotiations.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Trump said today that Iran is making an offer for negotiations but did not provide additional details.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Silent auction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silent%20auction. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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