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
Products made unlawfully have a difficult time making it to the marketplace.
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Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
Customers can also choose to list the item for sale on Courtyard’s marketplace, which doesn’t charge any fees to sellers.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 July 2025
Advertisement That meant refraining from publishing fiction, because the Harpers subscribed to a Protestantism concerned with the influence of cheap novels flooding the U.S. marketplace.
—Time, 23 July 2025
The Colorado Division of Insurance reported that companies selling on the individual marketplace submitted requests to increase their rates by an average of 28.4% next year, with larger increases on the Eastern Plains and Western Slope.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
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Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
Customers can also choose to list the item for sale on Courtyard’s marketplace, which doesn’t charge any fees to sellers.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 July 2025
Advertisement That meant refraining from publishing fiction, because the Harpers subscribed to a Protestantism concerned with the influence of cheap novels flooding the U.S. marketplace.
—Time, 23 July 2025
The Colorado Division of Insurance reported that companies selling on the individual marketplace submitted requests to increase their rates by an average of 28.4% next year, with larger increases on the Eastern Plains and Western Slope.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketplace
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Leland was sentenced July 25 after pleading guilty to interference with commerce by threat or violence, in violation of the Hobbs Act, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and being an armed career criminal in possession of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
28 July 2025
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Writing for the Court, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. concluded that federal antitrust claims brought against MLB were not appropriate since federal antitrust law requires interstate commerce, meaning the movement of people, goods and services that cross from one state into another.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 July 2025
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The buzz: Rule 1 of the trade deadline: Every contender needs relief help, every year.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
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Cora understands how tough the trade deadline can be from a player perspective considering his 14 seasons as one in MLB.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 July 2025
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The world's top golfer was arrested in May 2024 during the PGA championships after an incident with police directing traffic.—
Lauren Huff Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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Soldiers marshalled traffic on a rural road along which artillery guns were being loaded and fired in succession, emitting orange flashes followed by loud explosions and grey smoke.—
Shoon Naing,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketplace. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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