as in bull market
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Recent Examples of bear market
This was still the middle of the bear market of 2023, and Dragonfly jumped at the opportunity.
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
The 2020 pandemic did not accelerate bitcoin issuance, and the 2022 bear market did not slow it.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That sent bonds and the dollar tumbling and stocks an inch away from a bear market in April before recovering sharply through the end of 2025 after Trump backed off some of his harshest tariff threats.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
So the prior market — that prior bear market is exhausted.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
The 2020 pandemic did not accelerate bitcoin issuance, and the 2022 bear market did not slow it.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That sent bonds and the dollar tumbling and stocks an inch away from a bear market in April before recovering sharply through the end of 2025 after Trump backed off some of his harshest tariff threats.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
So the prior market — that prior bear market is exhausted.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bear market
bull market
Noun
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And that bet only works in a bull market.—
Judah Taub,
semafor.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The company was a darling of the last bull market, raising a $120 million funding round in 2023 from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Sequoia that valued the startup at $3 billion.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bear%20market. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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