stock market
noun
2
a
: a market for particular stocks
b
: the market for stocks throughout a country
Examples of stock market in a Sentence
We lost money in the stock market.
International stock markets saw declines at the end of the trading day.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Also, those three funds hold over $2 trillion tracking the S&P 500 index and represent the vast majority of retail traders invested in the stock market.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Still, bubbles are notoriously hard to predict, and Wall Street’s majority opinion appears to be that the run-up in AI stocks as just the beginning of a long-run trend that will power the stock market for many years to come.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The bank released third quarter data after the close of the stock market.
—Jon Walker, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Also, those three funds hold over $2 trillion tracking the S&P 500 index and represent the vast majority of retail traders invested in the stock market.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Still, bubbles are notoriously hard to predict, and Wall Street’s majority opinion appears to be that the run-up in AI stocks as just the beginning of a long-run trend that will power the stock market for many years to come.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The bank released third quarter data after the close of the stock market.
—Jon Walker, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stock market
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“Stock market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20market. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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