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  sellers' market

  noun

  a market in which goods and services are scarce and prices relatively high.
• seller's market
  seller's market

  A market in which demand exceeds supply. As a result, consumers have to pay more for goods. (Compare buyer's market.)

sellers' market

American  

noun

1. a market in which goods and services are scarce and prices relatively high.

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sellers' market British  

noun

1. a market in which demand exceeds supply and sellers can influence prices

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seller's market Cultural  

1. A market in which demand exceeds supply. As a result, consumers have to pay more for goods. (Compare buyer's market.)

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For example, it’s still a sellers’ market in the Midwest and Northeast, according to most Coldwell agents.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026

“The main constraint in this quest for AI dominance is access to power, creating a sellers’ market for those with unencumbered, gigawatt-scale generation deliverable in the next 24 months,” wrote John C. Hodulik of UBS.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025

Despite being a sellers' market, aviation attorney Stewart Lapayowker sees some early signs of softness.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2022

So right now, it’s a sellers’ market, and being a cash buyer will allow you to stand out among the rest.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2022

Did many of them attribute this to the fact that there was a "sellers' market" caused by the conditions over which the individual business man had no control?

From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson

We were in a fierce seller’s market and this was typical: Friends of ours in Boston had been making wild highball offers for years, and had always been outbid.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

This must, logically, make it a seller’s market for the stocks in the index: Lots of institutions, mutual funds and individual investors will buy them almost automatically.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

“The market has already become a seller’s market, with manufacturers continuing to raise contract prices, manage capacity expansion, and maintain high pricing levels.”

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

Hostile policies hold the promise of a seller’s market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

Herds were sold weeks before their arrival, others were met as far south as Camp Supply, and it was easily to be seen that it was a seller's market.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Andy Adams

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