How to Use wholesale in a Sentence

wholesale

1 of 4 noun
  • Pumpkins are sold wholesale by the bin.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Kontoor said this was due to a decline in wholesale.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Snyder said that what does change each year is what’s offered at wholesale.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Their frozen wholesale pierogies will soon reach even more people.
    — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • My perspective on wholesale is two-pronged.
    — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Eng sells soy milk and tofu wholesale to a handful of restaurants.
    — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • At the same time, wholesale continues to be key for Carhartt.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Jokr buys their groceries at wholesale and then sells the products at a higher price.
    — Brittain Ladd, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • When wholesales prices start to fall, retailers are often slow to cut their pump prices.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Some buyers said boxes have climbed up to $60 a box wholesale.
    — Ellie Stevens, CNN, 15 July 2023
  • Hustling for cash, for love, for good times, for protein powder at wholesale.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Feb. 2023
  • One six-vial batch at $50,000 was more than three times the price at wholesale.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Alexander is working on going wholesale and hopes to sell her products in stores.
    — NBC News, 19 Oct. 2020
  • But the exit from wholesale also left space on store shelves that were filled by competitors.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
  • And some decision had to be made on my end about expanding into wholesale.
    — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Carlson is the retail version of a worldview that can be purchased at wholesale.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Golden Scoop hopes to open another shop and a plant making ice cream to sell wholesale.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • So far, this wholesale-forward strategy has paid off, not just on sales growth but also on the bottom line.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Our wholesale was still doing something, people were still buying beer to drink at home, that at least kept us hopeful.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Ethel’s website, helps with accounting and wholesale and works the farmers market stands.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2022
  • This is San Diego’s premier wholesale and retail seafood market.
    — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2019
  • While a retailer, Nike’s business has always been more about wholesale.
    — Chris Walton, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • One key to the strategy has been balancing direct sales through its own website and stores and sales through wholesale.
    — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Noah does very limited wholesale, and Babenzien has no plans to expand that end of the business.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The brand started in wholesale, and moved from the designer floor to the contemporary floor.
    — James Manso, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • By offering less stuff at wholesale, brands can also hit the sweet spot for their business — high demand and tight supply.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Dogwood has three retail shops in the Twin Cities, but the wholesale of its beans is what has helped the business grow.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Butler sells both wholesale across the country and to customers directly through her website.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee february 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The agreement includes a provision that allows the band to sell cannabis flower wholesale.
    — Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • While routes may not change wholesale across the city, the way bus service operates needs an overhaul, Walker said.
    — Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, 21 June 2018

wholesale

2 of 4 adjective
  • Is that price retail or wholesale?
  • The crops originated from wholesale growers.
  • Their goal was to roast coffee for wholesale clients.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • Here’s why the wholesale clubs are off-limits.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There is no cause for panic or a wholesale rethink in search of a cure.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • So Cristobal made wholesale changes on that side of the ball.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The Giants should want wholesale change.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • So venture has made a wholesale change in what is being funded.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • To be sure, the spike in wholesale vegetable prices last month did not cause a jump in prices paid by shoppers.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The professional wholesale venue is open five times a year for trade show events.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The new restrictions are not a wholesale ban on graphite exports.
    — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Tax sale of all vapor products at 10% of the wholesale cost.
    — Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Jenkins warned prices could move again if there are increases in oil and wholesale gas prices.
    — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The wholesale business and the buyers were all about pricing.
    — Dave Knox, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • When crude prices rise, wholesale gasoline prices have to adjust quickly.
    — Karl Montevirgen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Some hoard it and offer paid access back to us or just sell it wholesale to data brokers.
    — Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The city would pay for rent and property taxes to lower costs at wholesale prices.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Then Bruce Pearl made wholesale changes to the roster last season.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Yet this does not mean wholesale job elimination.
    — Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Kloza said the wholesale increases haven’t all hit the retail market yet.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
  • One way to measure that would be to look at the difference between the wholesale cost of gas and the cost of crude oil.
    — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The gains in wholesale prices were smaller than economists had forecast.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Increase the tobacco tax by 10% in rate per wholesale cost.
    — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Her parents owned a wholesale business selling linens and cutlery.
    — Jane Eisner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • A lot of our parents have these wholesale businesses downtown or dry cleaners or liquor stores.
    — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • What is happening with dairy wholesale markets?
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The wholesale club typically charges 1% to 2% above the spot price.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Heating oil, a proxy for jet fuel, also rose 4%, while wholesale gas prices rose 2%.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 1 June 2026
  • An index measuring wholesale prices hit 6% last month.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • As my fellow wholesale shoppers know, the real culprit is that side-clipping cup.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026

wholesale

3 of 4 adverb
  • Nearly all of its business comes from selling wholesale to stores in Washington and more than a dozen states, plus sales from area pop-up markets.
    — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Other writers started wholesale in a digital world, like the staff of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 21 June 2020
  • The remainder is wholesale-driven and includes accounts in Asia and the Middle East.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
  • While all three channels create a dynamic synergy, selling wholesale to bigger retailers like Whole Foods brings in the largest revenue stream.
    — Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • Under a shift first announced in 2017, Nike is emphasizing direct-to-consumer sales while limiting wholesale to a few accounts that best support its positioning.
    — Tom Ryan, Forbes, 7 June 2021

wholesale

4 of 4 verb
  • The company wholesales clothing to boutiques in the area.
  • Cooper said there are no plans to wholesale any part of his collection.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • They've been used to ship drugs wholesale into the United States.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • But a dealer can wholesale the car out to a state that issues the fresh title without tagging the car as salvage.
    — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2017
  • Liquor wholesales are prohibited by state law from selling to retailers on the list.
    — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Trump has rolled back Obama-era initiatives wholesale since taking office.
    — Tom Simonite, WIRED, 31 May 2018
  • There is also a partner store in Dubai and the brand is wholesaled in 56 countries globally.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The boot wholesales for $110 and is expected to retail for $229.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The best option also going forward is probably that the Riksbank sticks to wholesale.
    — Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The company doesn’t wholesale its collection.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
  • Cactus Corn plans to launch an e-commerce site this week, as well as wholesaling their products to local stores, Levandowski said.
    — Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, 31 Mar. 2020
  • ForwardGro and other growers will sell their products wholesale for less than that to a processor who will turn them into oils, tinctures or topical creams.
    — Erin Cox, baltimoresun.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Millions more are expected to come from wholesaling product to other licensed cultivators unable to meet the demands of their customer base.
    — David Smiley and Michael Auslen, miamiherald, 16 May 2017
  • The company wholesales its collection to Neiman Marcus, Goop and specialty stores.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025
  • According to Robertson, Garner gave him three bundles of heroin to wholesale in return for $105.
    — Chris Palmer, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
  • Selling these labels no doubt help beef up Stitch Fix’s profit margins because the brand is selling their own items instead of wholesaling pieces from other labels.
    — Cam Wolf, GQ, 29 May 2018
  • Mark Ingram has the one Madison Avenue multibrand store and wholesales its own Mark Ingram line at better stores, as well.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The company is also transitioning some locations to wholesale food operations to help the public find groceries.
    — Alexandria Burris, Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Illinois also could soon join the list, as Chicago wholesale gasoline sold at a record-low 20 cents Monday morning, Bloomberg data show.
    — Fortune, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The idea was to create the first ever international drugstore chain operator and drug wholesaling company.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 17 June 2025
  • This week, Vermont passed a first-in-the-nation law that would facilitate the state’s importation of prescription drugs wholesale from Canada.
    — Shefali Luthra, Washington Post, 22 May 2018
  • Kingpins and high-level dealers can reap hefty profits selling black market ivory, which one report estimates wholesales for $330 a pound in China.
    — Jani Actman, National Geographic, 13 Sep. 2017
  • With that, the dangers of Dodge became a permanent commodity—a cultural production that was retailed to a primary market of tourists, and wholesaled to readers and viewers.
    — Smithsonian, 23 Jan. 2018
  • While the vast majority of Ripley farm's revenue comes from wholesaling traditional milk, selling Guernsey A2 milk and cheese is a way to make extra income.
    — Michael Hill, USA TODAY, 1 June 2018
  • Zero Degrees Celsius was doing well with a tie-front striped shirt feminized with rhinestones that wholesaled for $78, along with a mixed media knit with cotton, also $78.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But building is a sustainable business is about making one-on-one connections with individual buyers, then engendering loyalty rather than wholesaling themselves to death.
    — Noah Davis, GQ, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Investigations by the state police and others showed that Wallin bought large quantities of methamphetamine from two California dealers and distributed the drug to wholesale and retail customers.
    — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Consistently negative offer prices to wholesale power markets from renewable energy create soft market prices that continue to drive out more resilient coal and nuclear generation.
    — WSJ, 19 June 2018
  • Prices on apparel wholesaling climbed 5%, while the apparel, jewelry, footwear and accessories retailing category spiked 8%.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Keemo Fashion Group Ltd continues to operate in the apparel and garment trading business, focusing on wholesaling to distributors mainly based in China.
    — Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025

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