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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In 1996, Jennifer Ringley, a junior at Dickinson College, in Pennsylvania, purchased a Connectix webcam, the first mass-market gadget of its type.
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Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 June 2026
On’s first mass-market running shoe with the upper technology, the LightSpray Cloudmonster 3 Hyper, which weighs 205 grams, launched to consumers in March.
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Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
26 June 2026
What These Treatments Actually Cost At the mass-market end, Restore Hyper Wellness describes itself as the largest direct-to-consumer wellness provider in the country, with more than 200 studios nationwide as of May 2026.
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updated June 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Commercialization remains years away Despite growing progress in laboratories, the path to mass-market solid-state batteries remains uncertain.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
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Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 June 2026
On’s first mass-market running shoe with the upper technology, the LightSpray Cloudmonster 3 Hyper, which weighs 205 grams, launched to consumers in March.
—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
26 June 2026
What These Treatments Actually Cost At the mass-market end, Restore Hyper Wellness describes itself as the largest direct-to-consumer wellness provider in the country, with more than 200 studios nationwide as of May 2026.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Commercialization remains years away Despite growing progress in laboratories, the path to mass-market solid-state batteries remains uncertain.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 June 2026
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 3 Jul. 2026.
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