undercut
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Retailers like private-label products because they allow the chains to undercut competitors on price, control production and advertising costs, and deliver fatter margins, retail analysts say.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
A firm reading, on the other hand, could undercut the argument that inflation is on its way to the central bank’s 2% target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Talk of possible reconciliation could be undercut by reports that William might remove their Sussex titles when he eventually becomes monarch.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
She added: "A chart that rewards unlicensed AI output would undercut the very basis of the recorded music we exist to represent."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It is, in fact, a downbeat speech, almost an informal State of the Union address, designed to undercut the revelry and prepare the country for years of more pain and struggle.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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That detail undercuts the hard-luck narrative surrounding Bardella's early years which he would later use to appeal to a wider electorate.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
These are hardly examples of the court showing TLC for criminal defendants, and it undercuts Thomas’ claims on Monday.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
But health concerns have helped power a solar backlash that undercuts efforts to broaden energy sources even as customer costs are rising.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026
This undercuts claims of supercharged fires and feedback loops of carbon release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
We profited by his instructions as to guards and undercuts by practising with models whittled in wood.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
This serves their goals of undercutting both their target’s work and the institutions they represent.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Chinese challengers Seedance, Kling and Alibaba’s HappyHorse have rapidly closed the gap on cinematic realism and have upstaged their American rivals by undercutting them on cost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
There might be an even bigger competitive threat in the form of Chinese AI entrants undercutting the entire market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Trading Standards said Doctors on Wheels promised to do the tests for "just under £60", undercutting its competitors.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
I eventually reached her husband through his importers’ association, which would later blackball him for undercutting his fellow members.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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