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Recent Examples of mark up
Verb
Some items, like cases of beer, are marked up just a dollar above the wholesale price to stay competitive. Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025 The nation's three largest pharmacy benefit managers have significantly marked up the prices of certain medicines, including for heart disease, cancer and HIV, at their affiliated pharmacies, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. Ahmed Aboulenein and Amina Niasse, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
Researchers and advocates have been publishing reports for years on specialty drug markups, arguing that drug middlemen are a key culprit in the steep prices Americans pay for medicines. Steve Kopack, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025 Maybe content filter markup in search results isn’t such a good idea. PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for mark up 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mark up
Verb
  • Ugg Dakota Slippers Keep your feet comfortable and toasty at home with these Ugg slippers while they’re marked down by 35 percent.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • These cropped corduroy pants are currently in our carts (and marked down to $100 from $138), plus this cropped crewneck that’s only $60.
    Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile: The Waffle House and some Chicago restaurants, including Wishbone and Cebu have added temporary egg surcharges to some dishes on their menus, WBEZ reports.
    Monica Eng, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
  • In one recent example of this, the diner chain Waffle House added a 50-cent surcharge to every egg sold to account for the rising costs, per the AP.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Oprah’s Favorite Slippers Are on Sale for Their Lowest Price Ever Amazon’s early Presidents Day deals are already rolling in, and thousands of home, kitchen, fashion, and beauty essentials are already discounted.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Frontier Airlines recently discounted four million tickets to as low as $19 as part of a new fare sale.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Expand February Skyline Festival: Feb. 15-16 Insomniac Events’ techno brand Factory 93 and house music counterpart Day Trip, are once again joining forces to bring the two genres together.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Two ladder trucks and three portable master streams were used to contain the fire, which was brought under control after about two hours, fire officials said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The greater mystery now is how much — or how little — the 49ers can fetch in return for Samuel, who didn’t generate enough of a market in 2022 or again last March to garner a trade.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Team Fluff fetched the Lombarky Trophy to win the Puppy Bowl on Sunday.
    Emma Bowman, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Mark up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mark%20up. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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