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
At that point, the company’s marketplace sellers faced sky-high tariff rates and the collapse of the de minimis provision on goods inbound from China.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 14 May 2025
But President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement in early April roiled markets, leading Klarna and other companies, including ticket marketplace StubHub and stock trading app eToro, to delay their offerings.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 14 May 2025
The marketplace features merchant booths with handmade goods, fashions, wellness products and gifts along with live entertainment and bites from local eateries.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
Its expansion into the international marketplace is designed to help genre filmmakers gain international exposure, granting them access to wider audiences and a better opportunity to reach an ever-hungry horror community.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 14 May 2025
But President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement in early April roiled markets, leading Klarna and other companies, including ticket marketplace StubHub and stock trading app eToro, to delay their offerings.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 14 May 2025
The marketplace features merchant booths with handmade goods, fashions, wellness products and gifts along with live entertainment and bites from local eateries.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
Its expansion into the international marketplace is designed to help genre filmmakers gain international exposure, granting them access to wider audiences and a better opportunity to reach an ever-hungry horror community.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketplace
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For example, Don Evans, George W. Bush’s commerce secretary and close confidant, worked with Bush for decades before becoming a fixture in his White House.—
Erica Frantz,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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Georgia Avenue, which runs through the heart of the area, was a commerce center, filled with stores and restaurants from the 1920s through 1950s, but the development of the Downtown Connector (I-75/85) emptied out the neighborhood.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
16 May 2025
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The latter arrangement has floundered amid a trade war with China and was not part of a deal to temporarily bring down tariffs last week.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Walmart, Mattel and other retailers will boost prices as the trade war hits shoppers.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2025
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Officers then turned her over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for a deportation hearing, although police later dropped the traffic charges against her, according to local media reports.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Last year, the FAA shifted oversight of Newark’s airspace to Philadelphia in an effort to ease staffing shortages and manage heavy air traffic in the New York region.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
14 May 2025
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketplace. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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