supply-side
adjective
sup·ply-side
sə-ˈplī-ˈsīd 
: of, relating to, or being an economic theory that reduction of tax rates encourages more earnings, savings, and investment and thereby expands economic activity and the total taxable national income
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We are stuck in a pattern where the Democratic Party has bought into an agenda over the course of forty years that has also bought into supply-side economics and the general neoliberal vision of how things go.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025
In terms of mitigating the effects of drugs and narcotics in the United States, multiple studies over decades have found that measures taken to decrease demand in the U.S. rather than supply-side interdiction are more effective in reducing harm.
—Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2025
Buyers have especially faced more supply-side concerns through 2026 as inventories have slowly thinned out, the analyst noted.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Housing is a supply-side issue.
—John Foley, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025
In terms of mitigating the effects of drugs and narcotics in the United States, multiple studies over decades have found that measures taken to decrease demand in the U.S. rather than supply-side interdiction are more effective in reducing harm.
—Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2025
Buyers have especially faced more supply-side concerns through 2026 as inventories have slowly thinned out, the analyst noted.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Housing is a supply-side issue.
—John Foley, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Supply-side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supply-side. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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