open market
noun
: an economic market in which prices are based on competition among private businesses and not controlled by a government : free market
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New York Mets free agent first baseman Pete Alonso is hitting the open market over the winter, coming off another season full of slugging.
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Jones was selected more with a mind to 2026, when key DL John Franklin-Myers is set to hit the open market.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
The median rent for an apartment on the open market has topped thirty-five hundred dollars.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Last month, Musk also bought about $1 billion worth of Tesla stock, his first open market purchase of the electric vehicle-maker's shares since February 2020, regulatory filings showed.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Jones was selected more with a mind to 2026, when key DL John Franklin-Myers is set to hit the open market.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
The median rent for an apartment on the open market has topped thirty-five hundred dollars.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Last month, Musk also bought about $1 billion worth of Tesla stock, his first open market purchase of the electric vehicle-maker's shares since February 2020, regulatory filings showed.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Open market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20market. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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