discounting

Example Sentences

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In many lower-tier cities, chains now cluster tightly together, forcing operators into permanent discounting simply to maintain traffic.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

I’m not discounting Pratt’s chances of winning — he’s too savvy a media pro to fully flop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

He also insists he is "not a food fad person" who cares much for trends - and criticises the way food is increasingly treated as simply hunger-quenching, discounting its richer significance.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Investors are discounting how rising energy prices will hurt the U.S. economy and instead evaluating stocks based on earnings and growth potential from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Indeed, it is the same figure provided by Las Casas, patron saint of High Counters, foremost among the old Spanish sources whose estimates Henige spends many pages discounting.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann