bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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Bitcoin is in a bear market, having dropped 30% from its most recent high, while the S&P 500 is down just 3% from its most recent peak.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
And the scale of this pullback still pales next to its 75% collapse during the 2021–2022 bear market.
—Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
Bull markets tend to last longer than bear markets because stock prices tend to trend upward over time.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 21 Nov. 2025
This is not a knock on the veteran professionals who have faithfully guided families through boom times and bear markets.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
And the scale of this pullback still pales next to its 75% collapse during the 2021–2022 bear market.
—Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
Bull markets tend to last longer than bear markets because stock prices tend to trend upward over time.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 21 Nov. 2025
This is not a knock on the veteran professionals who have faithfully guided families through boom times and bear markets.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bear market
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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