market forces
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The emerging consumer market was more attractive for many companies than the military, but market forces sometimes weren’t enough to guarantee survival for innovative companies, or protect those companies from foreign investment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Harnessing market forces to get better outcomes for consumers, in addition to smart regulation, is as American as apple pie.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
“That’s what’s lifting everything higher, even though many of the market forces I discussed in my article are in fact happening,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026
Transfers by market forces are part of the game, as Alexandre alluded to, but the inter-MCO transfers have raised eyebrows.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton’s book, American Apartheid, documents how racially segregated ghettos were deliberately created by federal policy, not impersonal market forces or private housing choices.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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