job lot

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Recent Examples of job lot Where some other towns operating similar schemes have put together a job lot of houses for €1, Castiglione di Sicilia is pricing the properties according to their condition. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 25 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for job lot
Noun
  • This will include school supplies and household essentials from Amazon Basics (starting at $3) and summer fashion from Amazon Essentials (starting at $12).
    Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025
  • Energy operators had to cut off electricity to customers — because supply couldn’t meet the growing energy demand — for 21 hours as a measure to prevent larger-scale blackouts.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Does buying a single company's stock usually provide a safer return than buying a stock mutual fund?
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • Morgan Stanley highlighted five stocks that have plenty of upside, according to the investment bank's analysts.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Across Europe and the U.S., customers snapped up deals, even as some complained about limited inventory and underwhelming discounts.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 July 2025
  • But eventually that pre-tariff inventory will run out, raising the risk that price hikes are still on the way.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Many of us have too much unnecessary stuff in our lives.
    Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • There are a bunch of other groups of other schools that do literally the same stuff as you.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • There is also a whole range of merchandise, from clothing to plush toys to her own cryptocurrency.
    Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC news, 10 July 2025
  • The result was stronger fan loyalty, broader reach and increased merchandise revenue—proving that when inclusion meets insight, everyone wins.
    Subha Barry, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • For example, Walmart purchased Vizio, a maker of flat-screen televisions (a commodity product in every discount department store); and Home Depot recently purchased SRS Distribution, a building products distributor.
    Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • None of these companies own any mines or farms, but all three want to be indispensable in the next phase of Africa’s commodity supply chain story.
    Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega, semafor.com, 14 July 2025

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“Job lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/job%20lot. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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