wet market
noun
plural wet markets
: a market that sells perishable items (such as fresh meat and produce) and sometimes live animals which are often slaughtered on-site
But wet markets, as opposed to dry markets, which sell non-perishable goods such as grain or household products, are simply places that offer a wide range of fresh produce. Some, but not all, also sell live animals.—
Ben Westcott and Serenitie Wang
Ben Westcott and Serenitie WangExperts fear a similar regulatory failure may have enabled the coronavirus outbreak: the longstanding inability to clean up so-called wet markets, which are stuffed with livestock living and dead, domesticated and wild.—Max Fisher
Max FisherExamples of wet market in a Sentence
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It was widely assumed at the time that the pandemic had started there; the Sars epidemic in 2003 had been traced to wet markets in southern China.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024
Like Ap Lei Chau Market, a wet market with seafood straight from the nearby ocean.
—Alex Lau, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The 2002-2003 SARS-CoV-1 outbreak started in a Chinese wet market.
—John P. Moore, STAT, 2 Aug. 2024
Live animal markets, or ‘wet markets,’ continue their popularity despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 12 July 2024
Global regulation of land use and deforestation, trade in wild animals, intensive farming and the overuse of antibiotics in farmed animals, and wet markets (which likely originated Covid-19) could all help prevent zoonotic spillovers.
—Alexandra Phelan, STAT, 27 May 2024
No one wants the U.S. dairy industry to become a Wuhan wet market for the next global pandemic.
—Céline Gounder, STAT, 17 May 2024
Among the first places where COVID was discovered was a wet market in Wuhan where exotic species were on sales.
—Sophia Sun, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
These wet markets facilitated the emergence of SARS-CoV-1 in bats, civet cats, and humans in 2002 and, some speculate, the novel coronavirus in 2019.
—Sonia Shah, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2020
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The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024
Like Ap Lei Chau Market, a wet market with seafood straight from the nearby ocean.
—Alex Lau, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
The 2002-2003 SARS-CoV-1 outbreak started in a Chinese wet market.
—John P. Moore, STAT, 2 Aug. 2024
Live animal markets, or ‘wet markets,’ continue their popularity despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 12 July 2024
Global regulation of land use and deforestation, trade in wild animals, intensive farming and the overuse of antibiotics in farmed animals, and wet markets (which likely originated Covid-19) could all help prevent zoonotic spillovers.
—Alexandra Phelan, STAT, 27 May 2024
No one wants the U.S. dairy industry to become a Wuhan wet market for the next global pandemic.
—Céline Gounder, STAT, 17 May 2024
Among the first places where COVID was discovered was a wet market in Wuhan where exotic species were on sales.
—Sophia Sun, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
These wet markets facilitated the emergence of SARS-CoV-1 in bats, civet cats, and humans in 2002 and, some speculate, the novel coronavirus in 2019.
—Sonia Shah, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2020
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“Wet market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wet%20market. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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