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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But companies in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index have so far reported about a 1% decline in third-quarter earnings from a year ago, largely due to an intense price war among internet companies, Van der Linde said.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
Following a damaging price war, Beijing’s new five-year plan signaled the government will reduce EV subsidies and instead let the market decide winners and losers in the sector, the China-Global South Project wrote.
—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
China now dominates the sector globally, yet state support has also created artificial market saturation, driving price wars and an ongoing wave of company failures.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The end result was high prices, backed up by mutual threat of a price war.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
Following a damaging price war, Beijing’s new five-year plan signaled the government will reduce EV subsidies and instead let the market decide winners and losers in the sector, the China-Global South Project wrote.
—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
China now dominates the sector globally, yet state support has also created artificial market saturation, driving price wars and an ongoing wave of company failures.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The end result was high prices, backed up by mutual threat of a price war.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for price war
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“Price war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20war. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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