market forces

noun

: the actions of buyers and sellers that cause the prices of goods and services to change without being controlled by the government : the economic forces of supply and demand
The value of these commodities is determined by market forces.

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These discrepancies are the natural result of the market forces alluded to at the outset of this article – a lot of people want to work in sports and consequently are willing to take less money to do so. Chris Deubert, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Corporate executives are not inclined to cross Trump, and market forces may be strong enough to keep the energy sector humming along mostly in line with expectations. Justin Worland/houston, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025 News organizations are not immune to market forces that encourage them to cater to specific political constituencies and ignore coverage that does not fit with the biases of those constituencies. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 Trump’s first-term energy agenda was partly thwarted by a combination of environmental activism and market forces. Kevin A. Young, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for market forces

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“Market forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20forces. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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