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moat

[moht] / moʊt /
NOUN
ditch
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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"It's got no moat but it has got a little railway I can drive around," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The Indian electric two-wheeler maker’s so-called moat is technology, intellectual property, powertrain and software driven by strong research and development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Nvidia’s hardware still leads the industry, but the deepest part of the company’s moat is all the software it’s created to run on its hardware.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The moat for all these businesses isn’t technology.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

She was pointing into the moat, and I followed her finger and could see the little garter snake skirting along the surface, swimming beneath a floodlight’s skirt.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green