moat
noun
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, such as a town or a castle.
moats
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pluralof moat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The transformation is threatening the economic moats of advanced-manufacturing economies such as the European Union, Japan and South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Arya expects that Nvidia’s earnings report in August will show investors that the company still has “its moats in products, pricing and supply chain,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Success requires breaking through large customers’ loyalties and Nvidia’s defensive moats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
VanEck CEO Jan Van Eck argues the memory-chip stocks don’t have competitive moats, and notes their profit explosion is driven by temporary pricing power over sales volumes.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
He believed that as we walked, the world of objects unfurled before us like the painted scene for a play, turrets, and moats, and topiary aisles slapping down into place just before we would arrive.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
