market research

NOUN

consumer research

Synonyms

WEAK

census inquiry market survey opinion research poll public opinion research statistical study

Example Sentences

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That shift is already large enough to show up in market research.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

“Bitcoin has broken the ceiling of the falling trend in the short term,” according to technical analysis from market research group Investtech.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

“These verdicts mark an unsurprising breaking point. Negative sentiment toward social media has been building for years, and now it’s finally boiled over,” said Mike Proulx, a director at Forrester, a market research company.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

Aiming to tap the potential of AI, 96% of software engineering organizations surveyed by market research and IT consulting firm Gartner offer the use of AI tools to their developers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Coca-Cola executives next did a flurry of additional market research projects.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell