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sell in

verb

  1. tr to sell (new products) to a retail outlet to be sold to the public
  2. intr to use the established system to one's advantage, rather than attempting to fight against it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

At 88, Rosemary Stevenson spends her days loading a lorry with furniture to sell in a tiny village in South Ayrshire.

From BBC

"Chances for me to exhibit or sell in shops vanished," Mr Halksworth said.

From BBC

Initially, he said, BAC wanted to buy pagers from Gold Apollo to sell in Europe.

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“So in the hierarchy of things that they sell, in terms of how they’re going to allocate resources, bras always end up at the very bottom, because it’s just not worth it for them. The money is just not coming in for them there.”

From Slate

While the Stanleys face the added burden of racial discrimination — Jackie, who has her real estate license, can’t get houses to sell in more affluent, white neighborhoods — the families are not unalike.

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