shakeout
Americannoun
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an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
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a rapid decline in the values of certain securities sold in stock exchanges or the like.
Etymology
Origin of shakeout
First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase shake out
Example Sentences
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These will be the ones that survive the looming market shakeout.
Gold and silver settled higher for the first time in two sessions on Tuesday after last week’s record-setting shakeout.
Gold and silver rose for the first time in two sessions on Tuesday after last week’s record-setting shakeout.
From MarketWatch
“Without central banks as structural dip buyers as in gold, we are still a bit apprehensive of a potentially deeper shakeout in silver vis-à-vis gold in the near-term,” they wrote.
From Barron's
The tech-trade shakeout has led investors to reshuffle bets on AI winners.
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