How to Use sell up in a Sentence

sell up

verb
  • Geno's Steaks sells up to 4,500 sandwiches per day.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Not that Nelly is interested in selling up anytime soon.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
  • In fact, Son sold up in January 2019—a full year before the pandemic struck.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
  • As cotton profits reduced, in 1921, Hill-Wood sold up and moved south to London.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The whales are selling up, according to Jefferies analyst Andrew Moss.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The league approved a handful of firms with a policy allowing teams to sell up to 10% of their common equity to PE firms.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 20 May 2026
  • Rocket Lab — The rocket company saw shares slip 10% after the firm announced plans to sell up to $500 million worth of common stock.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In 2024, voters approved a proposal from the district to sell up to $420 million in bonds to pay for facility improvements.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • In 2024, voters approved a proposal from the district to sell up to $420 million in bonds to pay for facility improvements.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The largest bunch of homes were the cheapest — 120 townhouses selling up for up to $375,000, all facing SR 32.
    — John Tuohy, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Rocket Lab — The rocket company saw shares slip nearly 4% in premarket trading after the firm announced plans to sell up to $500 million worth of common stock.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • If other states and agencies sign on, Denham said the Water Authority is prepared to sell up to 10,000 acre-feet of water starting next year.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Typical fractional programs sell up to 16 shares per aircraft; however, owners get access to the entire fleet so the common wisdom for fleet operators had always been standardization.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Rokid already generates 40% of its revenue outside mainland China, and aims to sell up to 1 million pairs this year, including through a collaboration with eyewear brand Bolon.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Karp also adopted a plan to potentially sell up to 360,000 Class A shares through November 2026.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Last year, voters approved a proposal from District 204 to sell up to $420 million in bonds to pay for facility improvements, according to past reporting.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Last year, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert hired Allen & Company to explore selling up to 15% of his NBA franchise.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Regulation crowdfunding allows a company to sell up to $5 million in securities annually to the general public through an online portal registered with the SEC.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • District 204 is currently undergoing a multi-year facilities overhaul, after voters in 2024 approved a proposal from the district to sell up to $420 million in bonds to pay for facility improvements.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, also in 2000 Son took a $20 million bet on an obscure e-commerce startup called Alibaba—a stake that was worth $75 billion when the firm went public in 2014 and roughly doubled again by the time Son sold up.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
  • District 204 is currently undergoing a major district-wide facilities overhaul, after voters in 2024 approved a proposal from the district to sell up to $420 million in bonds to pay for facility improvements.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • And employees at the company led by cofounder and CEO Melanie Perkins are becoming millionaires, eligible to sell up to $3 million in vested equity in a share sale—most likely the last sale as a private company before Canva goes public.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025

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