open market
noun
: an economic market in which prices are based on competition among private businesses and not controlled by a government : free market
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Dylan Cease and Michael King are among the Padres headed for the open market.
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Jets running back Breece Hall is a better player, but his contract is up after this season, and Hall is likely to command a hefty deal on the open market; a probable turn-off for the Patriots who just drafted a running back with a top-40 pick.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Congress has been in a deadlock since the start of the month as Democrats refuse to sign off on a budget that doesn’t include health insurance subsidies for people who buy plans on the open market.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
The median rent for an apartment on the open market has topped thirty-five hundred dollars.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Jets running back Breece Hall is a better player, but his contract is up after this season, and Hall is likely to command a hefty deal on the open market; a probable turn-off for the Patriots who just drafted a running back with a top-40 pick.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Congress has been in a deadlock since the start of the month as Democrats refuse to sign off on a budget that doesn’t include health insurance subsidies for people who buy plans on the open market.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
The median rent for an apartment on the open market has topped thirty-five hundred dollars.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Open market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20market. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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