bear market

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of bear market Fozzie Bear explained bear markets and Miss Piggy took umbrage at Ted Koppel’s commodities question about pork bellies. Bill Prady, Variety, 3 May 2025 The Nasdaq, which entered a bear market in early April, managed to eke out a gain of 0.85% across the month. John Towfighi, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025 The benchmark is about 16 percent below its closing high in mid-February, as rounds of selling have pulled the index closer to a bear market, a Wall Street term for when a stock index falls 20 percent from its last peak. Danielle Kaye, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025 Here is a guide to some of the most common words: Bear market A bear market is a term used by Wall Street when an index such as the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen 20% or more from a recent high for a sustained period of time. Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bear market
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bear market
bull market
Noun
  • The company has been hounded by bad news, falling since 2019 and giving back 78.6% of its ten-year 2009-2019 bull market.
    Bill Sarubbi, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • The development sent stock prices rocketing, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing Monday up more than 1,100 points, an increase of about 2.8%; the S&P 500 up 3.3%; and the Nasdaq up 4.4% and now in a bull market.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 May 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bear%20market. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on bear market

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!