supply-side
adjective
sup·ply-side
sə-ˈplī-ˈsīd 
: of, relating to, or being an economic theory that reduction of tax rates encourages more earnings, savings, and investment and thereby expands economic activity and the total taxable national income
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Buyers have especially faced more supply-side concerns through 2026 as inventories have slowly thinned out, the analyst noted.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Housing is a supply-side issue.
—John Foley, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
As the Biden administration's CHIPS Act revealed, one-time, supply-side incentives are insufficient to support domestic production at scale, especially in the capital-intensive and complex supply chains that fuel downstream growth.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Know More The success of Abundance, the book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson that built on their policy reporting, popularized a shorter name for the supply-side progressive movement.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Housing is a supply-side issue.
—John Foley, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
As the Biden administration's CHIPS Act revealed, one-time, supply-side incentives are insufficient to support domestic production at scale, especially in the capital-intensive and complex supply chains that fuel downstream growth.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Know More The success of Abundance, the book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson that built on their policy reporting, popularized a shorter name for the supply-side progressive movement.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for supply-side
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“Supply-side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supply-side. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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