price war
noun
: commercial competition characterized by the repeated cutting of prices below those of competitors
Examples of price war in a Sentence
The airlines are engaged in another price war.
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The improved profitability came as Beijing intensified efforts to rein in excess supply and aggressive price wars that had hurt companies' bottom line.
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
More than 100 brands currently compete with one another, leading to steep discounts and price wars.
—Rebecca A. Fannin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The carmaker's woes point to a wider challenge as peers in the European sector look to navigate the global EV shift, as fierce price wars and an economic slowdown in China erodes demand, especially for higher-end brands like Porsche.
—USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
The biggest rival to Tesla saw quarterly profit fall for the first time in three and a half years as its expansion hit a speed bump amid a government campaign against price wars.
—CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
More than 100 brands currently compete with one another, leading to steep discounts and price wars.
—Rebecca A. Fannin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The carmaker's woes point to a wider challenge as peers in the European sector look to navigate the global EV shift, as fierce price wars and an economic slowdown in China erodes demand, especially for higher-end brands like Porsche.
—USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
The biggest rival to Tesla saw quarterly profit fall for the first time in three and a half years as its expansion hit a speed bump amid a government campaign against price wars.
—CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Price war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20war. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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