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price-sensitive

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adjective

  1. likely to affect the price of property, esp shares and securities

    price-sensitive information

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It added that "performance was impacted by more price-sensitive and mature markets such as Germany, Switzerland and the UK".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Analysts believe Apple will place increased emphasis on its premium products for less price-sensitive consumers.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

Leisure travel became more price-sensitive, as middle-class consumers got hit harder by inflation than wealthy ones.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Verma notes that there has been an increasing proclivity to reduce subsidies, which may not necessarily be a good idea in a price-sensitive country like India.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

Small businesses, lacking scale to negotiate lower surcharges, are reluctant to pass higher fuel costs to price-sensitive customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

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