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Example sentences for: auction

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Movies are sold to the audience via a very slow Dutch auction, where each phase between price drops can last weeks or months.
9. The auction exploits desperate buyers.
"A letter in which Beatrix Potter reveals that one of her best-loved fictional creations, Squirrel Nutkin, was based on a pet squirrel with behavioural problems is expected to fetch up to £15,000 at auction," reports Kathy Marks.
The sheer size of the auction house is what gives pause for thought — the walkway for spectators is 1.6 km (1 mile) long.
--especially the comparison between Internet micropayments and the "Dutch Auction"-style downward pricing structure of movies.