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But there is reason to doubt that traders’ interest in the new products will cannibalize exchanges to the degree that investors fear.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Ships break down, sailors have to cannibalize parts, and the fleet fires weapons faster than the nation can replenish them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

“In fact, we believe hyperscalers are more likely to attempt head-on competition, going after GPU cloud business as the natural adjacency to traditional cloud,” which could cannibalize CoreWeave’s business.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

In this case, it has come from states that have legalized sports betting, such as Nevada, and are worried that the prediction markets could cannibalize their legal offerings and evade their gambling regulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

I dread the time when I shall have to cannibalize the recorder.

From The Issahar Artifacts by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)

They think investors will be focused on whether Foundayo cannibalizes any demand for Lily’s other weight-loss drug Zepbound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

The initiative will likely be a test to whether it cannibalizes higher-priced attendance on other days, Reese said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

Then there is the ongoing debate in the industry over whether internet gambling cannibalizes physical casinos.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

For Meta, there’s risk that Threads cannibalizes Instagram’s revenue over Twitter’s.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2023

“It may be better that Telenor cannibalizes itself than someone else doing it.”

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2018

“The shows cannibalized themselves by making their show available in snack-size clips after the network airing,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

This time around, yield-sharing between platforms is more common, which has reduced overall outflows but also cannibalized off-platform holdings, Engel explained.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

He said that 24 of the last 42 net new U.S. warehouse openings were affecting Costco’s existing markets, “with many of these cannibalized locations being extremely high-volume.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 5, 2026

Without Venu as a threat, sporting still constitutes one of the few live-TV options that hasn’t been completely cannibalized by streaming just yet.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024

We cannibalized Dragonwings to make a stretcher for Father out of the wooden poles and canvas.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

Some publishers say podcasts are a double-edged sword—they may be cannibalizing nonfiction reading, but can also serve as a useful sales driver in a fragmented media market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

But it must be actively defeated; it would be a grave mistake to assume it will dissipate after losing momentum or cannibalizing itself.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

The strong print wasn’t enough to calm investors’ fears about AI cannibalizing the information-technology and consulting sectors.

From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025

Everyone was going to be able to be entrepreneurial and make themselves a business without necessarily cannibalizing their souls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

Sometimes these projects acquired construction materials by cannibalizing old monuments, thereby hastening the process of creating ruins.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann