premarket
adjective
pre·mar·ket
(ˌ)prē-ˈmär-kət 
variants
or pre-market
1
: occurring in the period prior to a product being available for purchase
premarket safety testing
a premarket clinical study of a drug
Dietary supplements are essentially exempt from premarket approval and testing because, unlike many drugs, they do not claim to be effective, pure, and safe.—
Noel C. Paul
Noel C. Paul… fixed a premarket problem that led to lost pressure in the control.—Bicycling
Bicycling2
: occurring prior to the opening of a stock market
premarket trading
Examples of premarket in a Sentence
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Tesla’s stock rose nearly 2% in premarket trading.
—Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images Alphabet shares rose 6% in premarket trading on Wednesday as investors viewed the result of Google’s antitrust case as broadly favorable to the tech giant.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
The company's shares were largely unchanged in premarket trading.
—Juveria Tabassum, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Topline Shares of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, rose sharply in premarket trading early on Wednesday, after a federal judge ruled that the company does not need to be broken up or be forced to sell its popular Chrome web browser to remedy its search market monopoly.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tesla shares rose nearly 2% in premarket US trading on Wednesday after Musk’s post.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Tesla shares were slightly lower in premarket U.S. trading.
—Reuters, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
McDonald’s shares were down 0.5% in premarket US trading.
—Shirley Zhao, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images Alphabet shares rose 6% in premarket trading on Wednesday as investors viewed the result of Google’s antitrust case as broadly favorable to the tech giant.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
The company's shares were largely unchanged in premarket trading.
—Juveria Tabassum, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Topline Shares of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, rose sharply in premarket trading early on Wednesday, after a federal judge ruled that the company does not need to be broken up or be forced to sell its popular Chrome web browser to remedy its search market monopoly.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tesla shares rose nearly 2% in premarket US trading on Wednesday after Musk’s post.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Tesla shares were slightly lower in premarket U.S. trading.
—Reuters, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
McDonald’s shares were down 0.5% in premarket US trading.
—Shirley Zhao, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Premarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premarket. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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