captive market
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"The tactic kills two birds with one stone. It deprives America's farm belt of a once‑captive market and burnishes China's food security credentials," says Marina Yue Zhang, associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney's Australia-China Relations Institute.
From BBC
The app stores have a captive market.
From Slate
“When they decide to go out, they have cars and they can go anywhere. They’re not a captive market.”
From Washington Post
They have a captive market and they don't want to share it.
From BBC
They created a captive market of battery customers.
From New York Times
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