Thesaurus results for MARKETPLACE

marketplace

noun

ˈmär-kət-ˌplās

Definition of marketplace

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 The retailer has courted more customers by leaning further into e-commerce, expanding its online marketplace and prioritizing its delivery service. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The 21 states fully running their own marketplaces generally have more robust fraud prevention programs and have reported few or none of the kinds of unauthorized sign-ups plaguing the federal marketplace. — Julie Appleby, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026 More than 45 million users create watchlists, the company says, giving it an advantage in terms of content discovery in a marketplace where average viewers struggle to find films and series of interest. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Those discussions addressed definitions, online marketplaces, collection access, reuse and repair, responsible end markets and producer identification and exemptions. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for marketplace

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Our goal is to help prepare merchants for a future where commerce can happen anywhere.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Braniecki likened the effort to make SPACE open source to what happened with web browsers as the internet developed — companies came together to build guardrails that allowed secure browsing and online commerce.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Every transformer on the grid—from the cylinders perched on utility lines to the big spiky devices at substations—trades voltage for current at a fixed ratio.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Pavel Dorofeyev, the team’s most notable trade acquisition over the summer, came close on several occasions but remained stuck on two goals for the season.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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The project will eliminate some parking along Van Nuys Boulevard and construction will affect traffic in the area.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
The officer reported looking west and at one point and seeing traffic officers with their emergency lights activated and beyond them, runners directly in Wade’s path, according to court documents.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

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