monopolistic competition

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economics the form of imperfect competition that exists when there are many producers or sellers of similar but differentiated goods or services

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Words nearby monopolistic competition

monopody, monopolar cautery, monopole, monopolism, monopolist, monopolistic competition, monopolize, monopoly, monopolylogue, monopropellant, monoprotic

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How to use monopolistic competition in a sentence

“Competition is there, of course, but I think there is enough business for everyone as long as the demand is there,” he says.
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I am fighting that quota because I am an advocate of competition.
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When companies faced competition, Klein knew, consumers would have options.
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Who knew that a competition where you clutch the hand of another man and lock eyes across a table could be this damn gay.
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Fedaa was an artist from the start, winning first place in a competition when she was six years old.
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Berlin was equally cut off from competition, for Berlin had to devote herself to the task of financing war for Germany.
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All prices, provided that competition is free, are made to appear as the necessary result of natural forces.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He shows that under free individual competition there is a perpetual waste of energy.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Those were the days when between the Scottish railway companies the keenest rivalry and the bitterest competition existed.
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A great charm in Trevithick's character was his freedom and largeness of view in questions of competition.
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