marketplace

noun

mar·ket·place ˈmär-kət-ˌplās

Synonyms of marketplace next

: an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held

: market

the marketplace is the interpreter of supply and demand

: the world of trade or economic activity : the everyday world

: a sphere in which intangible values compete for acceptance

the marketplace of ideas

Examples of marketplace in a Sentence

Their products must compete in the marketplace. The company has struggled to survive in a rapidly changing marketplace.

Recent Examples on the Web That’s not the way things often work in the political marketplace, however. —

Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 22 Nov. 2023 The marketplace will announce its 2023 Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals soon; but in the meantime, its premium beauty selection has discounted rewards for early browsers. —

Jenny Berg, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023 Now, the film is fading quickly in a marketplace that will only get more crowded over the Thanksgiving holiday. —

J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023 As with much of his output lately, the marketplace would help dictate his direction. —

Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023 Opinions could be formed over time and choices could be made within a competitive marketplace. —

Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023 The Red Sea Souk’s marketplace offers a vital and pivotal platform dedicated to the introduction of new stories to the prospect of international audiences. —

Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2023 The marketplace isn’t just selling one example, either. —

Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023 Artificial intelligence start-up OpenAI laid out an ambitious vision for expanding its business selling directly to consumers, unveiling Monday an app-store-like marketplace where users will get paid for making chatbots on the company’s technology. —

Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023 See More

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