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Examples of market share in a Sentence
The company has gained market share in the past year.
companies working to increase their market shares
Recent Examples on the Web
The survey put the 2023 market share of closed-source models at an estimated 80% to 90%, with the majority of share going to OpenAI.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
But Apple said the DOJ is flawed in using market share by revenue — even though that’s usually how market share is calculated.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
However, insurers and the department reached a general framework last year that would require them to write no less than 85% of their statewide market share in those areas in exchange for his reforms.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Only in North Florida did the top two positions swap, with Walmart leading with 35% of the market share to Publix’s 27%.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
The iconic label, responsible for half of Kering’s annual sales, suffered as its rivals bolted forward when consumers splurged on luxury, losing valuable business and market share.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Mar. 2024
The brand, which holds 53% of the chocolate chip cookie market share, tested more than 60 recipes in their pursuit of a superior cookie and totaled over 5,000 hours of cookie testing.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2024
No wonder meditation is so popular in tech, an industry in which the persistent effort to increase market share often sails under utopian language about connecting the world, obliterating human limitations, and making life for all beings unimaginably great.
—Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2024
There’s obviously a moment to capture market share from Twitter.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1918, in the meaning defined above
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“Market share.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20share. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
Legal Definition
market share
noun
: the percentage of the market for a product or service that a company supplies
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