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 In other words, one platform could function as a core hub or marketplace, allowing various third-party providers to plug in their services. Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 As yet, in the original film there is no capacity for brands to interact with fans, nor transactional brand experiences; this isn’t a metaverse or digital marketplace. Katie Baron, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 In a crowded marketplace made even more competitive by downturns, thought leadership emerges not as a luxury, but as a strategic imperative. Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Over the years, Sundance in Park City swelled into a premier marketplace for American film, drawing studio executives and parka-wearing celebrities into the Wasatch mountains every January. Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marketplace
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Noun
  • Ryan Reynolds, who moonlights as co-owner of Welsh soccer club Wrexham A.F.C., turned up alongside super-creator Taylor Sheridan (whose own athletics usually involve cattle), NBA investor Mark Cuban and former Obama commerce secretary Penny Prtizker.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Despite maintaining its position as a leading commerce infrastructure provider, the company faces intensifying competition from Amazon, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and a host of new specialized e-commerce tools.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But exactly what are the opportunities and what are the risks now that President Donald Trump is trying to reorder the global economy with an unprecedented trade war?
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • What strikes Vecchione about this growing legal consensus is that the business giants who stand to lose the most under a trade war have yet to put up a fight.
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Nai Lert Park is a lush, seven-acre pocket of tropical landscaping in the heart of downtown, making the hotel feel like an urban sanctuary in the truest sense: the air smelled faintly of frangipani; the chirping of birds overpowered the traffic din.
    Chris Schaklx, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Here’s what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketplace. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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