as in demand
the state of being sought after especially for purchase
a great increase in the market for high-tech gadgets
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Relevance
as in to sell
to offer for sale to the public
local farmers market their garden-fresh produce at roadside stands all over the valley
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Recent Examples of market
Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
In what is a 100% of the international footprint, F1 is opening in 78 markets starting with France, Italy, UK, Korea and more opening today.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 June 2025
Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
It's marketed as an overnight treatment, but there's no harm in reaching for it throughout the day.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 24 June 2025
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Noun
This year brought two new adverse factors — President Donald Trump’s tariffs that could generate retaliatory tariffs, depressing export markets, and Trump’s sweeps of undocumented immigrants, who are a major portion of the agricultural labor force.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
In what is a 100% of the international footprint, F1 is opening in 78 markets starting with France, Italy, UK, Korea and more opening today.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 June 2025
Verb
Other jobs categories range from marketing to engineering to customer service.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
It's marketed as an overnight treatment, but there's no harm in reaching for it throughout the day.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for market
Noun
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Harvard alleges that Trump is retaliating against it in violation of its free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment for refusing to accede to the administration's demands to control the school's governance, curriculum, and the ideology of its faculty and students.—
Nate Raymond,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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The researchers, who analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data, found that housing demand in Illinois has been fueled by numerous factors, including rising incomes, robust employment and population growth and higher rates of homeownership compared to the national average.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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In 1996, this letter was part of a bundle that sold at a Christie’s auction for almost nine hundred thousand dollars.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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The brand is already sold in key retailers and tested the pop-up format locally, but Loro Piana is aiming to have a retail presence there in the next two to three years.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 June 2025
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“Market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/market. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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