marketplace
noun
an open area in a town where a market is held.
marketplaces
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pluralof marketplace.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One of his early successes at Thrive came in 2012 when Kushner launched a health insurer called Oscar that sold coverage directly to individuals in the marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"In the marketplaces you basically only find pangolin scales, not the whole animals, which makes it hard to know which species are being hunted and where they are coming from," says Feijó.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
He’s more wary of buying from independent sellers in online marketplaces: Amazon.com may set the rules, but they aren’t the ones wiping the drive, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Many of those listed on online marketplaces are larger and more custom than Cash App’s Tags, making for an arguably more sensational payment experience.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
To Vranich, the capital’s lack of resemblance to European imperial cities extends well beyond the absence of marketplaces.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
