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
Since those credits expired at the end of 2025, new enrollment in California’s health insurance marketplace dropped 32%, state officials said this week.
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
This demand has caused a snowball effect and a flurry of new supplement brands have popped up left and right, meaning more confusion in the marketplace and a gap between great marketing and scientific evidence.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
And, importantly, attainable in a marketplace increasingly defined by eye-watering sticker prices.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Curtails use by legal immigrants The law denies marketplace insurance eligibility for many groups of legal immigrants, experts said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
This demand has caused a snowball effect and a flurry of new supplement brands have popped up left and right, meaning more confusion in the marketplace and a gap between great marketing and scientific evidence.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
And, importantly, attainable in a marketplace increasingly defined by eye-watering sticker prices.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Curtails use by legal immigrants The law denies marketplace insurance eligibility for many groups of legal immigrants, experts said.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketplace
Noun
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The hearing will be held at a special joint meeting of the House and Senate commerce committees.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
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It was built in 1939 and replaced the historic McFadden Wharf, which brought commerce to the area when built in 1888 by landowners James and Robert McFadden.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Scott Laughton scored in his debut for the Kings, who acquired the center in a trade with Toronto on Friday.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Central bank researchers called this a structural change in the national economy stemming directly from heightened trade tensions.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Oil prices have spiked above $100 per barrel amid Iranian threats to maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and declarations of force majeure by both Kuwait and Bahrain, who argue events beyond their control have impeded their ability to deliver petroleum.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Here's what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketplace. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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