How to Use supply and demand in a Sentence

supply and demand

noun
  • 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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