as in cost
to have a price of
the house is selling for $200,000
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That dress, which cost thirty-eight ninety-nine, still hung limply in the store, twinkling.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026 -
Fight tariffs that are devastating agriculture and costing Idaho businesses millions of dollars.—
Kevin Fixler
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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That film was acquired in a bidding war that fetched a $14 million sale out of the Toronto International Film Festival.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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Foundation hosted a number of notable auctions of the period, including Chris Torres’s Nyan Cat, which sold for the then-equivalent of about $600,000, and Edward Snowden’s Stay Free, produced with the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which fetched 2,224 ETH.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Sold (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sold%20%28for%29. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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