moat
Example Sentences
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Software “moats”—the structural advantages that repel competition—come more from reputation and community support.
Do you have a framework for thinking about which software companies are more exposed and which have more of a moat in all this?
From Barron's
“But here is the critical distinction that the market is failing to make: a narrower moat does not mean zero terminal value,” he says.
From MarketWatch
It is leaning into its area expertise to drive adoption, and hoping that will provide a moat to protect it from the AI onslaught.
From Barron's
He says AI was never a big threat to the company anyway, given its focus on consumer-to-consumer and re-commerce sales, as well as its global scale and built-in shipping and payment moat.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.