market forces
Britishplural noun
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Mr. Montejano’s thesis is that “the Civil War might well be the most compelling case of market forces trumping wartime loyalties and sentiments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
“The program leverages housing market forces, entrepreneurial innovation and private accountability to increase housing supply,” former HUD Secretary Ben Carson told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in 2025.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Baker-Branstetter noted that coal use has been declining for years due to market forces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Jankovec urged the EU to intervene, writing that "relying on market forces and adaptation alone is not an option".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton’s book, American Apartheid, documents how racially segregated ghettos were deliberately created by federal policy, not impersonal market forces or private housing choices.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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