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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That has led to some degree of caution about how many deals the stock market will be able to absorb.
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That is a situation in which higher-income consumers — insulated by home values and stock market gains — continue to spend freely, while lower-income households increasingly struggle to pay for everyday expenses and sharply cut back.
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Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
That has led to some degree of caution about how many deals the stock market will be able to absorb.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Standing in the car-making capital of the world, the President spent nearly an hour detailing an $18 trillion global investment surge and a stock market that has set 48 records in eleven months.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
That is a situation in which higher-income consumers — insulated by home values and stock market gains — continue to spend freely, while lower-income households increasingly struggle to pay for everyday expenses and sharply cut back.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
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 16 Jan. 2026.
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