long tail

noun

1. commerce the segment of a market representing the large number of products that sell in small quantities, considered by some to be of greater financial value than the few products that sell in very large quantities

Word History and Origins

Origin of long tail¹

C21: from the appearance of typical sales patterns on a graph

Example Sentences

Stokes used himself as the fifth bowler, firstly snuffing out any suggestion of an Australia fightback then running through the long tail.

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On Tuesday, however, Novo Nordisk’s stock also appeared to be benefiting from the long tail of excitement around the pricing deal in the U.S., in addition to a new pricing agreement in India.

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The steady-paced, often mordantly funny “Pick a Color” explores the immigrant experience, the long tail of trauma, the indignities suffered by low-wage workers and their companion emotions: loneliness, loss and grief.

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Wade and stripped American women of our constitutional right to abortion apparently has a long tail of goodwill—but seems to have little personal commitment to the issue himself.

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Usually, gas and dust from the coma stream away to create a long tail that can stretch for millions of kilometers as the comet nears the Sun.

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