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on the market

Idioms  
  1. 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.


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The sudden appearance of Ozempic on the market in 2017 seemed to set much of that aside.

From The Wall Street Journal

Eight months after putting the property on the market, Dreyer, 44, and Fichera, 38, announced that they had separated—with the “Today” star sharing the news on her Instagram account, where she insisted that they remain “the closest of friends.”

From MarketWatch

In the time since that announcement, the former couple’s apartment—where they raised their three sons together—was delisted, before appearing back on the market for the reduced price of $1.99 million.

From MarketWatch

After three months on the market, the price of the dwelling was slashed by $1 million—only to undergo an additional $500,000 price cut six weeks later.

From MarketWatch

Disgraced Hollywood actor Bill Cosby has saved at least one of his New York City residences from going into foreclosure—after selling the historic townhouse for a staggering $28 million, less than two months after he put it on the market.

From MarketWatch