Definition of mass-marketnext
as in corporate
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale the kind of mass-market candy bars that connoisseurs of chocolate love to disdain

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Recent Examples of mass-market Available in 75 of the Japanese mass-market retailer’s roughly 2,500 stores worldwide, the services are promoted as a national extension of the product life cycle. Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 In criticism, everything counts, including the obvious, and Nolan’s film positively invites the comparison, dressing itself—in spite of its deference to current mass-market sensibilities—in the dignity of a classic. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026 But for most of their history, the movies have been a mass-market enterprise. Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 Their most innovative hardware feature was the internal antenna—the first mass-market phone without even a stub or retractable aerial. IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mass-market
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  • With the advent of AI and amid corporate mergers and production woes, cinema is at a tipping point, but this assembly of panelists is optimistic.
    Isabelle Farina, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Texas has emerged in recent years as one of the most aggressive states in the country in competing for corporate headquarters by offering generous economic development incentives.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
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  • Discard the plant debris in the garbage or at a commercial landscape waste operation where compost piles will get hot enough to kill the insects.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Los Angeles museum mixes the work of populist painters, commercial illustrators and comic artists with the kind of fine artists more associated with major museums.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Mass-market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mass-market. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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