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market forces

British  

plural noun

  1. the effect of supply and demand on trading within a free market

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Fortunately, there’s no need to predict which market forces will prevail.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

We should do all we can to accelerate market forces in higher education.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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

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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