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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 stores strategically located near construction hubs in working-class urban and suburban areas, the company’s business model catered to small contractors more than Lowe’s, True Value and Ace Hardware.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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Epstein was born in 1953 to working-class Jewish parents in Brooklyn and grew up in Sea Gate, a working-class neighborhood on Coney Island.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 July 2025
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“Down-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down-market. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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