How to Use supply and demand in a Sentence
supply and demand
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The job market in the U.S. is based on supply and demand.
— Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023 -
One reason for the decline: the law of supply and demand.
— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2024 -
Each day, your body makes breast milk based on the concept of supply and demand.
— Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 19 July 2024 -
The chill is coming from both sides: supply and demand.
— Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023 -
That kind of mismatch in supply and demand is what can lead to outages.
— Justine Calma, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024 -
But Bruce said his business comes down to supply and demand.
— Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023 -
Still, a big part of this really comes down to supply and demand.
— Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024 -
There has to be an audience, there has to be supply and demand.
— J. Clara Chan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024 -
At the core of the housing puzzle is a supply and demand imbalance.
— Allison Morrow, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024 -
Inflation has been caused by factors on both the supply and demand sides of the equation.
— Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024 -
Global supply and demand for corn and soybeans are in balance, by and large.
— Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023 -
Those were reasons – not the only ones, but big ones – why kids, for a long time, defied the most basic rules of supply and demand.
— Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024 -
This imbalance of supply and demand may well shore up coastal pricing for years to come.
— Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2023 -
Airfares are driven far more by supply and demand, not their costs.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 3 July 2024 -
Following the rules of supply and demand, a route with a layover might be cheaper than a nonstop flight.
— Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2024 -
The Furman Center research contends that the law of supply and demand holds true in the housing market as well.
— Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 26 June 2024 -
The company, wrote Dan Wall, head of corporate affairs, does not set prices and those are subject to the rules of supply and demand.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 May 2024 -
That mismatch in supply and demand leads to blackouts when people need air conditioning the most to cope with the heat.
— Justine Calma, The Verge, 26 June 2023 -
Used cars Used car prices were one of the first signs of inflation, driven by a mismatch between supply and demand.
— Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023 -
Ticket prices are driven by supply and demand, so for now the Dodgers believe the demand for Ohtani supports those prices.
— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024 -
In time, rents will come into line as supply and demand come into balance.
— USA TODAY, 25 July 2023 -
At the same time, there is a better balance between supply and demand across the board, in goods, services and labor markets.
— Bryan Mena, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023 -
The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market.
— Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2024 -
Inflation has been blamed on various factors on both the supply and demand sides of the equation.
— Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 June 2024 -
Since prices are set by supply and demand, more demand causes higher prices.
— Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024 -
Either way, the upward revision comes down to supply and demand.
— Alena Botros, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024 -
The human brain breaks the traditional confines of supply and demand.
— Eben Bayer, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023 -
Oil prices are set on exchanges based on short term expectations about supply and demand.
— Robert Rapier, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Lower prices seemed pretty likely despite the insistence of so many experts that oil was ‘different’ and didn’t obey the laws of supply and demand.
— Michael Lynch, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 -
The Senate legislation was an election year ‘band-aid’ that didn’t address the underlying drivers of supply and demand necessary for a long-term solution.
— The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
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