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
Trade Wholesale marketplace and trade center complex Dallas Market Center (DMC) has promoted Jill Cunningham to executive vice president of apparel leasing.
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Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
Also during the upfront, Paramount TV Media chair George Cheeks and CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach repeated Wednesday’s news about the Eye network’s fall schedule and its position in the marketplace.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Archived, whose clientele consists mostly of celebrities and high-profile curators such as Timothée Chalamet, Travis Scott and Don Toliver, sources its pieces through consignments from sellers and endless hours spent hunting across international marketplaces.
—Samantha Lee
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april 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Prince’s solution is a more open marketplace for buying and selling data.
—Cory Schouten, semafor.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
Also during the upfront, Paramount TV Media chair George Cheeks and CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach repeated Wednesday’s news about the Eye network’s fall schedule and its position in the marketplace.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Archived, whose clientele consists mostly of celebrities and high-profile curators such as Timothée Chalamet, Travis Scott and Don Toliver, sources its pieces through consignments from sellers and endless hours spent hunting across international marketplaces.
—Samantha Lee
connect
april 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Prince’s solution is a more open marketplace for buying and selling data.
—Cory Schouten, semafor.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketplace
Noun
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The violence has paralyzed traffic and commerce in the area, with major employers unable to operate.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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With global commerce highly dependent on ships, which carry about 80 percent of goods transported, and shipping accounting for three percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, the shipping industry is coming under pressure to lower its carbon footprint.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But, of course, thousands of American companies had trade and relations with China.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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But the alternative that cannot be ignored was a potential trade to accumulate more picks after trading two fourth-round picks and a third-round pick in deals for Makai Lemon and Jonathan Greenard.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Makar took a pass from partner Devon Toews at the left point, then danced across the top of the zone before slinging a shot through traffic for his first goal of the postseason.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The five-year, $11 billion project will add 16 miles of express lanes and a dedicated busway with the aim of alleviating traffic on one of Atlanta’s most stressful roads.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketplace. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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