marketplace
noun
mar·ket·place
ˈmär-kət-ˌplās 
Examples of marketplace in a Sentence
Their products must compete in the marketplace.
The company has struggled to survive in a rapidly changing marketplace.
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The marketplace is structured into vertical-specific segments that include dedicated spaces for advertising services, live events, animation and VFX, extended reality technologies, film projects, game development, radio and podcasting, comics and e-books, web series, and music and sound design.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Mar. 2025
One major scene in Season 5 shows Jesus entering the temple marketplace and overturning the tables of the buyers, sellers, and money changers.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
To replace it, Maryland chose a competitive marketplace in which retailers could purchase energy from the wholesale market and sell it to businesses and consumers at lower prices.
—Mary Beth Tung, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
Though the economics of European basketball are not considered to be strong, and the NBA could enter a potentially fragmented marketplace, Silver has been bullish about its chances.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Mar. 2025
One major scene in Season 5 shows Jesus entering the temple marketplace and overturning the tables of the buyers, sellers, and money changers.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
To replace it, Maryland chose a competitive marketplace in which retailers could purchase energy from the wholesale market and sell it to businesses and consumers at lower prices.
—Mary Beth Tung, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
Though the economics of European basketball are not considered to be strong, and the NBA could enter a potentially fragmented marketplace, Silver has been bullish about its chances.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketplace. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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marketplace
noun
mar·ket·place
ˈmär-kət-ˌplās
1
: an open square or place in a town where markets are held
2
: the world of trade
Legal Definition
marketplace
noun
mar·ket·place
ˈmär-kət-ˌplās
: the economic system through which different companies compete with each other to sell their products
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