price war
noun
: commercial competition characterized by the repeated cutting of prices below those of competitors
Examples of price war in a Sentence
The airlines are engaged in another price war.
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China vows to tackle deflation caused by ‘disorderly competition’
China is pivoting away from consumer subsidy efforts and toward combating deflation and price wars.
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Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
Premier Li Qiang last week called for more regulatory oversight of the electric car price war.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 July 2025
By the late 1990s, Beijing had had enough of the domestic price wars and local pollution.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 23 July 2025
The price war for this summer has already begun, with Delta pricing round-trip flights in early July for as low as $740 in the last 60 days, according to Google Flights.
—Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
Premier Li Qiang last week called for more regulatory oversight of the electric car price war.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 July 2025
By the late 1990s, Beijing had had enough of the domestic price wars and local pollution.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 23 July 2025
The price war for this summer has already begun, with Delta pricing round-trip flights in early July for as low as $740 in the last 60 days, according to Google Flights.
—Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for price war
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“Price war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20war. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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