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
As the portal opened in April, but Medved and women’s basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit lamented the lack of official transparency in the transfer marketplace.
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
Even Gawker’s star investigative reporter Adrian Chen, whose exposé of the dark web marketplace Silk Road was a huge scoop, could generate laughs.
—Frank Digiacomo, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
The online marketplace saw shares tumble about 12%.
—Davis Giangiulio,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Congress can fix this by repealing the Jones Act and its distortion of the marketplace.
—Katelyn Bledsoe, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
Even Gawker’s star investigative reporter Adrian Chen, whose exposé of the dark web marketplace Silk Road was a huge scoop, could generate laughs.
—Frank Digiacomo, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
The online marketplace saw shares tumble about 12%.
—Davis Giangiulio,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Congress can fix this by repealing the Jones Act and its distortion of the marketplace.
—Katelyn Bledsoe, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketplace
Noun
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DoorDash has been broadening beyond restaurant delivery into local commerce, and the Urban Outfitters partnership fits into that strategy.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
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Beyond commerce, markets are a great place to connect with your community in a much healthier way than Nextdoor or other online echo chambers.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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In September, 2024, moments before the news of the trade that sent Towns to New York, in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and a first-round draft pick, Towns posted a tweet with three periods—an ellipsis.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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Stewart, who made his major league debut with the Dodgers as a starter in 2016, returned to the club at the trade deadline as a reliever last season in a deal with the Minnesota Twins.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Kay, meanwhile, rebounded after a first inning filled with traffic — two singles and hitting a batter with a pitch — to top his previous career high of 5 2/3 innings.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Saudi miner Maaden now has 3,500 trucks moving phosphate to the Red Sea, traffic at a UAE port on the Gulf of Oman is70-times the prewar level, and supermarket chain Spinneys drove snacks and baby food overland from the UK to the UAE, The Wall Street Journal reported.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketplace. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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