: a usually sudden sharp decline in security prices accompanied by increased volume of trading
sold off; selling off; sells off
: to suffer a drop in prices
Examples of sell-off in a Sentence
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William Gavin, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
The sell-off signals that McMahon is unwinding his financial ties to TKO, amid his ongoing legal woes.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Bitcoin has roared back from a massive sell-off during the scandal.
—Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
In the meantime, city officials and others are scrambling to prevent a sell-off and shutdown.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Hong Kong mirrored the sell-off in the Mainland’s afternoon sell-off.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Those concerns sparked a sell-off last week, leading all three major indexes to break a five-week streak of gains.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Some analysts had predicted a sell-off after the Nvidia announcement, a reaction to just how high its share price has risen.
—Don Clark, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But the ruling Communist Party may have chosen him as a way of signaling its resolve to protect smaller investors who have taken a drubbing in the recent sell-offs.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
Josh Funk, Fortune, 4 May 2024
While the concept of divestment from Israel appears straightforward—selling off shares of companies with ties to the country—its practical implications are far more complex.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 2 May 2024
That leaves open the opportunity for the new owners to construct homes to sell off.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
The Bee’s archives do show The German Bakery’s equipment being sold off in a post-bankruptcy auction eight months after the bear claw ad, thus marking the end of Geibel’s business.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Unfortunately, that didn’t make the ride a success, and after little more than a decade in business, Spyker was forced to sell off its supercar division.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 May 2024
In 2022, Seritage shareholders approved a dissolution plan that includes selling off all assets.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
Stephen Hemsley, UnitedHealth’s board chair who also runs his own investment firm, apparently sold off a bunch of company stock before its Justice Department inquiry became public, John Tozzi and Anders Melin of Bloomberg report.
—Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 15 Apr. 2024
On Thursday morning, Kaval attended a meeting with a development group looking to buy the A’s share of the Coliseum complex, which the team still plans to sell off.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Noun
The new round of sell-offs leaves Hertz with just 30,000 EVs in its fleet.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
The sell-off signals that McMahon is unwinding his financial ties to TKO, amid his ongoing legal woes.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Bitcoin has roared back from a massive sell-off during the scandal.
—Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
In the meantime, city officials and others are scrambling to prevent a sell-off and shutdown.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Hong Kong mirrored the sell-off in the Mainland’s afternoon sell-off.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Those concerns sparked a sell-off last week, leading all three major indexes to break a five-week streak of gains.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Some analysts had predicted a sell-off after the Nvidia announcement, a reaction to just how high its share price has risen.
—Don Clark, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
But the ruling Communist Party may have chosen him as a way of signaling its resolve to protect smaller investors who have taken a drubbing in the recent sell-offs.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
Verb
Buffett did sell off nearly $6 billion in stocks during the quarter, including trimming about 13% of Berkshire’s massive Apple stake.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 4 May 2024
While the concept of divestment from Israel appears straightforward—selling off shares of companies with ties to the country—its practical implications are far more complex.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 2 May 2024
That leaves open the opportunity for the new owners to construct homes to sell off.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
The Bee’s archives do show The German Bakery’s equipment being sold off in a post-bankruptcy auction eight months after the bear claw ad, thus marking the end of Geibel’s business.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Unfortunately, that didn’t make the ride a success, and after little more than a decade in business, Spyker was forced to sell off its supercar division.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 May 2024
In 2022, Seritage shareholders approved a dissolution plan that includes selling off all assets.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
Stephen Hemsley, UnitedHealth’s board chair who also runs his own investment firm, apparently sold off a bunch of company stock before its Justice Department inquiry became public, John Tozzi and Anders Melin of Bloomberg report.
—Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 15 Apr. 2024
On Thursday morning, Kaval attended a meeting with a development group looking to buy the A’s share of the Coliseum complex, which the team still plans to sell off.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
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