resell

verb

Definition of resellnext
as in to merchandise

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Recent Examples of resell For the distribution activity to qualify, the customer generally needs to resell the goods or process or alter them for subsequent sale or resale. — Alia Noor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Despite limiting shopping to attendees who won a lottery, people who entered bought items just to resell them for higher prices a block away. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2026 The report found that 57 percent of sellers resell their apparel for income. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026 Pennsylvania law generally allows people to buy and resell tickets online, including above face value, without requiring the seller to obtain a local resale license. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for resell
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resell
  1. merchandise
  2. exchange
  3. buy
  4. swap
  5. purchase
  6. sell
  7. auction
  8. barter
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  • Dress shirts are merchandised in the center, and include the popular Traveler assortment.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Expect retailers to start merchandising home fragrance by room rather than by scent family, and expect brands to release coordinated multi-room sets.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of merchandise
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  • Instead of exchanging the entire print head, the K3 swaps a smaller assembly containing the nozzle, hotend and filament path.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Jo also inherited hundreds of letters that Vincent wrote and received, most exchanged with Theo.
    — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchange
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  • Meanwhile, Crocs continues to generate strong free cash flow — $705 million in the last 12 months — and is using it to buy back shares.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Bhusri is relying on a team of newer executives, including CFO Zane Rowe and Chief AI Officer Joel Hellermark, whose startup Sana Workday bought for more than $1 billion.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of buy
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  • The Falcons swapped veteran quarterbacks on their 53-man roster, signing Andy Dalton and releasing Cooper Rush, the team announced Monday.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Once the animals had learned to associate each of the six scents with a particular reward location, researchers started swapping the scent-location pairs.
    — Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of swap
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  • Firms that know exactly where the line sits hold quiet advantages their competitors cannot purchase or replicate.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • While performance varies with outdoor temperatures, heat pumps can deliver substantially more useful heat per unit of energy purchased than conventional electric resistance heating.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of purchase
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  • The company held a record-setting initial public offering in June, and Musk is not able to sell or trade the bulk of his stock until June 2027 because of lockup provisions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Analysts blame the brand’s reliance on Chuck Taylors and question whether Nike might sell it, though Nike says Converse remains an important part of its portfolio.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of sell
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  • The six-time Grammy winner is about to auction over 70 motorcycles from his personal collection with auction house Gooding Christie’s.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The car is heading to auction with under 1,600 kilometers (less than 994 miles) on the odometer.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of auction
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  • In the second-season finale, some time after Aemond had killed Rhaenyra’s son Luke, Alicent arrives in secret to Dragonstone to barter Aegon’s life in exchange for peace, and safety in particular for her daughter (and Aegon’s wife) Helaena.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Through three tedious roll calls, Roosevelt forces bartered with delegations and finally put their man over the top on the fourth try when House Speaker John Nance Garner folded his candidacy in exchange for the vice presidential nomination.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
Definition of barter

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“Resell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resell. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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