How to Use sharing economy in a Sentence

sharing economy

noun
  • The sharing economy has done so much for the world and for people.
    — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Quiet mode is an apt metaphor for what has become of the sharing economy.
    — Simone Stolzoff, SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2019
  • People took rides from strangers and stayed in their houses as part of the sharing economy.
    — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Yet even before the virus hit, the stars of the sharing economy had started to lose their shine.
    — The Economist, 4 June 2020
  • The sharing economy, in other words, isn’t so great at sharing the wealth.
    — Alison Griswold, Quartz, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Airbnb, Uber and Bird were the poster children of the new sharing economy.
    — The Economist, 4 June 2020
  • Many other cities have tried to regulate sharing economies such as vacation rentals.
    — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The service enables customers to borrow bags on-site as part of the sharing economy.
    — Jeff Kart, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • These losses reflect the giant wealth transfer at the heart of the sharing economy.
    — Alison Griswold, Quartz, 21 Aug. 2019
  • In the sharing economy, where strangers are transacting with strangers, the entire ecosystem is based on trust.
    — Dean Nicolls, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Guest reviews go both ways in a sharing economy, and that's especially true in travel.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 13 May 2022
  • And, a new sharing economy for things that were previously hoarded.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • Renting out your ride Getaround and Turo are the sharing economy's answer to rental agencies.
    — Maria Carter, Woman's Day, 22 May 2017
  • Others too have noted the sharing economy’s enhancement of trust.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 12 Nov. 2020
  • By 2014, with the sharing economy growing, Cloud looked around.
    — Caitlin McCabe, Philly.com, 27 June 2018
  • This this isn’t the automaker’s first foray into the auto sharing economy.
    — Brittany Shoot, Fortune, 11 July 2018
  • Living in such a demand-sharing economy (as anthropologists call it) is like living in a place where goods are free.
    — Jerome Lewis, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2020
  • So with all these caveats, cautions and qualifiers, why do so many people still opt to participate in the sharing economy?
    — Cathy Cunningham, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Some are calling the bike sharing economy in China a bubble and some startups are already closing their doors.
    — Polina Marinova, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The sharing economy has changed how people look at many types of purchases, including real estate.
    — Daniel Kodsi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Kepnes says that with the sharing economy, there are lots of opportunities to connect with locals.
    — NBC News, 16 July 2019
  • As those working in the sharing economy receive more 1099s, they’ll be stuck reporting more of their income.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2021
  • As those working in the sharing economy receive more 1099s, they'll be stuck reporting more of their income.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2021
  • León seized on an informal raitero ride-sharing economy that thrived in farmworker communities long before Uber was even a thing.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Consumers may continue avoiding contact with other humans and the sharing economy by proxy—which will make that an even costlier, and more far-off dream for Uber.
    — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 5 May 2020
  • Even leaving aside the impacts of the pandemic, the company sees the home-to-home concept as a natural extension of the sharing economy.
    — David Prosser, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Those young people ended up building many of the social media and sharing economy platforms that would transform the lives of people of all ages by the end of the first decade of the new millennium.
    — Kate Eichhorn, WIRED, 8 July 2019
  • Spinlister has been around since April 2012, but its original mission was a simpler take on the sharing economy.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2015
  • Legislators had pitched the law as an embrace of the new sharing economy and a boon for Arizonans looking to make some extra money by renting out their spare bedrooms.
    — Rosie Bradbury, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
  • At the same time, the Treasury is contemplating changing the way VAT is charged on sharing economy services.
    — Philip Salter, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021

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