as in commerce
the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places
nations struggling to compete in the global marketplace
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Recent Examples of marketplace
The company, a $4.4 billion (market capitalization) marketplace for handmade and vintage goods, reported first-quarter earnings Wednesday morning that missed Wall Street estimates by a wide margin.
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Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
During his more than 20-year tenure at Amazon, Blackburn oversaw the company’s expansion into streaming and sports, including brands Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Amazon Music and Amazon’s advertising and marketplace divisions.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
According to Salesforce’s November 2024 Consumer Sentiment Survey, 37% of those not buying from Chinese marketplaces cited payment security concerns as their primary reason for hesitation.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Apple was issued with a €500 million ($571 million) fine over its App Store, with the commission saying the company must freely offer alternative app marketplaces to users and app developers.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
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Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
During his more than 20-year tenure at Amazon, Blackburn oversaw the company’s expansion into streaming and sports, including brands Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Amazon Music and Amazon’s advertising and marketplace divisions.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
According to Salesforce’s November 2024 Consumer Sentiment Survey, 37% of those not buying from Chinese marketplaces cited payment security concerns as their primary reason for hesitation.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Apple was issued with a €500 million ($571 million) fine over its App Store, with the commission saying the company must freely offer alternative app marketplaces to users and app developers.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketplace
Noun
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Anything less risks reviving the opacity that plagued early social commerce.—
Nizan Geslevich Packin,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Trump enacted the tariffs using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a 1970s law that allows the president to regulate commerce during a national emergency.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The president has invoked the act on the theory that trade imbalances are a national emergency.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Ministers must urgently prioritise this as part of the trade negotiations currently underway.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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An Ohio sheriff's deputy working on a traffic detail near the University of Cincinnati was struck and killed Friday by a vehicle driven by the father of a teenager who was shot and killed by authorities a day earlier, police said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Airlines for America, a group representing American Airlines and other U.S. carriers, in March urged the FAA to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around the airport.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketplace. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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