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marketplace

[mahr-kit-plays] / ˈmɑr kɪtˌpleɪs /
NOUN
shopping place
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


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To focus on its core marketplace, Etsy has been slimming down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Being a large multinational Western brand in the China marketplace no longer is enough to win,” Sparks said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Fuel is traded in an international marketplace, meaning disruptions to supply, production, or distribution anywhere in the world can have a direct effect on local wholesale costs."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

In 2011, two other sites emerged: Poshmark, with a peer-to-peer marketplace, and the RealReal, focused on luxury items and authentication services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

In the marketplace they buy and sell and dance.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The MPs also suggested that online marketplaces be held accountable for unsafe products such as the modification kits that are sold on their platforms.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

One of his early successes at Thrive came in 2012 when Kushner launched a health insurer called Oscar that sold coverage directly to individuals in the marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Online marketplaces have proven to be an easy, cheap source of replacement parts, the Journal has reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

"In the marketplaces you basically only find pangolin scales, not the whole animals, which makes it hard to know which species are being hunted and where they are coming from," says Feijó.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Along with the crops, they were useful commodities in the marketplaces of each city in the trade networks initially established by the Toltecs.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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