artificially

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The Competition and Markets Authority's July 2024 investigation into the groceries sector found no evidence that supermarkets were artificially inflating prices.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

“Club Kid” is a blast: a spicy, surprising and irreverent comedy that rarely peddles the audience anything artificially sweet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

With foreign carriers prohibited from flying domestic U.S. routes, domestic fares have been kept artificially high even while load factors approached 85% just before the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The team says the findings may help advance efforts to artificially accelerate methane removal from the atmosphere.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

But just as crime tends to be low on a street where a police car is parked, the 95 percent rate was artificially high: Feldman’s presence had deterred theft.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt