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marketplace

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


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A Postal Service spokesperson still defended the plan, both for financial reasons and to adjust to the changing marketplace.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Amazon sued Perplexity in November 2025, accusing the startup of using its Comet browser agent to covertly make purchases on its marketplace, and has also moved to restrict agents from Google and OpenAI.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

With Norm and Maria, they were people who did not adjust their work for the marketplace, they had unique visions and stuck to them — Maria still does.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“There’s a tension in the marketplace in that, even though the market is up year to date, it’s considerably cheaper versus forecasts for next year’s earnings,” Monaghan told MarketWatch on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

His daughter, Jean, sold flower bouquets and loaves of fresh-baked bread in her marketplace stall while she flirted, laughing, with the gangly, self-conscious boys who stopped by.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

We have traditionally regulated marketplaces at the federal level and retail establishments at the state level.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The final version excludes resale marketplaces from the definition of a speculative ticket seller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

In recent years, economists have spent a great deal of time studying Mavens, for the obvious reason that if marketplaces depend on information, the people with the most information must be the most important.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell


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