as in commerce
the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places
nations struggling to compete in the global marketplace
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Recent Examples of marketplace
His investment portfolio includes soccer tournament TST, restaurant franchise Slutty Vegan, luxury watch marketplace WatchBox and PlayersTV.
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Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The great-grandson of William and son of the Bitcoin evangelist Tim Draper, Adam dropped out of UCLA to try his hand at the startup game, founding a secondary marketplace called Xpert Financial.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
The Blaze It Forward Parade kicked off the day and there was entertainment, resource sharing, a marketplace and more throughout the afternoon.
—Staff Report, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
Anyone who wouldn’t want to see a good hunting rifle or shotgun go to waste should consider taking it to a gun or antique dealer instead, Orsted said, although the goal of the event is to remove guns from the marketplace and reduce the number of firearm accidents and deaths.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
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Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The great-grandson of William and son of the Bitcoin evangelist Tim Draper, Adam dropped out of UCLA to try his hand at the startup game, founding a secondary marketplace called Xpert Financial.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
The Blaze It Forward Parade kicked off the day and there was entertainment, resource sharing, a marketplace and more throughout the afternoon.
—Staff Report, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
Anyone who wouldn’t want to see a good hunting rifle or shotgun go to waste should consider taking it to a gun or antique dealer instead, Orsted said, although the goal of the event is to remove guns from the marketplace and reduce the number of firearm accidents and deaths.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketplace
Noun
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In addition to being surrounded by storefronts and housing, the site borders the Green Line light rail station and the A Line bus stops along Snelling, key transit connections that were once expected to inspire commerce.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
30 Sep. 2025
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Sepphoris, as the capital, was the hub of trade, commerce, and government for the entire region of Galilee, located in its geographic center.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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His suggestion comes on the heels of a report from longtime NFL insider Ian Rapoport, who reported that teams around the NFL are monitoring Woolen as a potential trade candidate this year.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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At a conventional intersection, drivers are turning left, traffic is passing in both directions and a right turn on red might include a driver who doesn’t see a pedestrian crossing with the light, Bryson said.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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And on major commercial corridors, agents have set up traffic checkpoints, which may violate the Constitution under Supreme Court precedent.—
Elizabeth Goitein,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketplace. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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