down-market

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Recent Examples of down-market Another down-market strategy is tax-loss harvesting. 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 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
Adjective
  • But by the mid-2000s, they were reduced to playing downscale gigs like state fairs.
    Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Visually, the queen of this rodeo is Dianne Graebner’s costume design, from day in and day out downscale dress for home and office wear to an unexpected range of intentionally tacky ancient Egyptian garb and, appropriately, enough sequinning to make the concert sequence cowgirl togs sparkle.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But some stores in working-class neighborhoods likely rely even more on CalFresh sales, said Stephanie Johnson, vice president of government relations for the National Grocers Association, in an interview with Grocery Dive.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • He was known for his progressive ideals and deep ties to New York’s working-class communities.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Down-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down-market. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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