UNDERSOLD Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

undersold

verb

past tense of undersell

as in monopolized

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South Florida monopolized the jackpot luck in Thursday’s lone major money Florida Lottery draw game.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Hannah-Jones recounts how assignments went ungraded and disruptive students monopolized the attention of teachers—on the rare occasions those teachers weren’t absent.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of monopolized

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In one inexhaustible untitled image from 1980, the couple sits in elegant dress at a candlelit table engrossed in each other’s company, while the young, shirtless son adjusts the channel on a television perched on the near side of the same table.

— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
After traveling to Oakland from Colorado, Lori Schott read aloud a diary entry from her daughter, Annalee, who died by suicide at 18 after becoming engrossed with Meta’s apps.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of engrossed

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So imagine my surprise when the one innovation to stick — literally — turns out to be one marketed for men.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
So, the question was to find out why people had developed such a relationship with this music, which had not been advertised or marketed for 16 years.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, a large percentage of the fentanyl, cocaine and heroin seized along the border was being smuggled in cars and trucks passing through checkpoints, not the areas in between.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
No one knows exactly how many creatures are being smuggled out, but one of the current challenges is what to do with the ones that are seized by law enforcement.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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Observers speculated that the Q3 results are likely to be extremely disappointing for the streamer, which is already facing some tough headwinds.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Some speculated that Mikhelson was personally unhappy with a monumental Urs Fischer sculpture sited outside the museum.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of speculated

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In 1979, the property was added to the National Register of Historic Places and ultimately purchased by Richard and Dina Dwyer in 2015.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Whether a purchase qualifies depends on the code submitted with the transaction, not the item purchased.

— Dan Avery, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of purchased

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Lula’s coalition filed a legal complaint requesting that the avatar’s profiles be taken down, on the grounds that the anonymous accounts peddled false or distorted information that could mislead voters.

— Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2026
The protests were widely broadcast on state media, in sharp contrast to Assad’s days, when state television peddled disinformation to discredit them, including claims that the protests were staged from faraway studios in Qatar.

— Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of peddled

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