mass-market
adjective
mass-mar·ket
ˈmas-ˈmär-kət 
1
: sold through such retail outlets as supermarkets and drugstores as well as through bookstores
a mass-market paperback
also
: of, relating to, or publishing mass-market materials
2
: appealing or sold to a general audience
Examples of mass-market in a Sentence
the kind of mass-market candy bars that connoisseurs of chocolate love to disdain
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For instance, Lea Wait’s mass-market crime novel Shadows at the Spring Show, published in 2005, goes so far as to make anger over the transracial adoption the motive for a string of grisly murders in a small town.
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
Upcycled Easter Baskets: Teaching Circular Design at Home Nearly 90% of mass-market Easter baskets are discarded within weeks, according to industry data.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Tariffs also tax cheap, mass-market goods at higher rates than luxury items.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
In that sense, the prospects for luxury are better than those of mass-market brands that produce in Vietnam and Cambodia and have smaller profit margins while facing even higher tariffs.
—Vanessa Friedman and Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
Upcycled Easter Baskets: Teaching Circular Design at Home Nearly 90% of mass-market Easter baskets are discarded within weeks, according to industry data.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Tariffs also tax cheap, mass-market goods at higher rates than luxury items.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
In that sense, the prospects for luxury are better than those of mass-market brands that produce in Vietnam and Cambodia and have smaller profit margins while facing even higher tariffs.
—Vanessa Friedman and Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mass-market
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“Mass-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mass-market. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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