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Recent Examples of down-market
Another down-market strategy is tax-loss harvesting.
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Letitia Berbaum, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Microsoft is introducing a pair of new Surface devices today, both aimed slightly down-market from the 11th-generation Surface Pro tablet and 7th-generation Surface Laptop that the company released last spring.
—ArsTechnica, 6 May 2025
At their zenith, in the nineteen-sixties, the great London newspapers—the Standard and its slightly down-market rival, the Evening News—sold a million and a half copies a day.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
For those holding excessive stock purchased during recent years of inflated prices, the down-market may present challenges.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
At their zenith, in the nineteen-sixties, the great London newspapers—the Standard and its slightly down-market rival, the Evening News—sold a million and a half copies a day.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
For those holding excessive stock purchased during recent years of inflated prices, the down-market may present challenges.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Already the world's biggest company by revenue, Walmart is nonetheless growing and transcending its previously down-market reputation.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
On the mergers and acquisitions front, the Cinemark chief said rival exhibitors would hesitate to sell in a down-market, even as the theatrical movie industry as a whole continues to rebound from the pandemic era disruption.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Letitia Berbaum, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Microsoft is introducing a pair of new Surface devices today, both aimed slightly down-market from the 11th-generation Surface Pro tablet and 7th-generation Surface Laptop that the company released last spring.
—ArsTechnica, 6 May 2025
At their zenith, in the nineteen-sixties, the great London newspapers—the Standard and its slightly down-market rival, the Evening News—sold a million and a half copies a day.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
For those holding excessive stock purchased during recent years of inflated prices, the down-market may present challenges.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
At their zenith, in the nineteen-sixties, the great London newspapers—the Standard and its slightly down-market rival, the Evening News—sold a million and a half copies a day.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
For those holding excessive stock purchased during recent years of inflated prices, the down-market may present challenges.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Already the world's biggest company by revenue, Walmart is nonetheless growing and transcending its previously down-market reputation.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
On the mergers and acquisitions front, the Cinemark chief said rival exhibitors would hesitate to sell in a down-market, even as the theatrical movie industry as a whole continues to rebound from the pandemic era disruption.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for down-market
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Could his famous name and deep pockets mobilize the younger and more downscale voters who are unlikely to get jazzed up for a judicial election?—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Could his famous name and deep pockets mobilize the younger and more downscale voters who are unlikely to get jazzed up for a judicial election?—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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With an array of working-class Americans standing behind him, from farmers to electrical workers, the president claimed the bill would lower Americans' tax burdens, make permanent his first administration's tax cuts and eliminate taxes on tips.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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The wealthy are, in part, the very group whose concentrated economic activity has displaced working-class housing and jobs for decades.—
Daniel Wortel-London,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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“Down-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down-market. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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