on the market

Idioms

For sale; also, available for buying. For example, We've put the boat on the market, or This is the only tandem bicycle on the market right now. This phrase, first put as in the market, dates from the late 1600s; the first recorded use of the phrase with on was in 1891. Also see drug on the market.

Example Sentences

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True, retatrutide might soon be the most powerful “triple agonist” anti-obesity drug on the market.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

That first saga of Woody versus Buzz was also a story of old versus new, teaching kids that they don’t always have to be wooed by the hottest toy on the market.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

Sakuu is currently working to commercialize this tech with a major battery manufacturer—Niestroj didn’t say who, or when those cells would go on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

A landmarked downtown Los Angeles apartment building designed by famed Los Angeles architect John Parkinson is on the market as its owners face foreclosure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

If there is a lot of grain on the market, sellers have to compete with each other for customers.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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