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Furthermore, he worries that AI “could cannibalize the core business, which would drive weaker returns on invested capital.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Ships break down, sailors have to cannibalize parts, and the fleet fires weapons faster than the nation can replenish them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

The idea that AI won’t cannibalize artists and their work on a massive scale is refreshingly utopian, but in many ways so was the fair itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

Several years ago, he noted, Costco’s management said it was willing to cannibalize stores with $250 million to $300 million in sales to make the shopping experience at the chain better for members.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 5, 2026

I dread the time when I shall have to cannibalize the recorder.

From The Issahar Artifacts by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

They think investors will be focused on whether Foundayo cannibalizes any demand for Lily’s other weight-loss drug Zepbound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

The initiative will likely be a test to whether it cannibalizes higher-priced attendance on other days, Reese said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

Then there is the ongoing debate in the industry over whether internet gambling cannibalizes physical casinos.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

For Meta, there’s risk that Threads cannibalizes Instagram’s revenue over Twitter’s.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2023

“It may be better that Telenor cannibalizes itself than someone else doing it.”

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2018

“The shows cannibalized themselves by making their show available in snack-size clips after the network airing,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

This time around, yield-sharing between platforms is more common, which has reduced overall outflows but also cannibalized off-platform holdings, Engel explained.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

He said that 24 of the last 42 net new U.S. warehouse openings were affecting Costco’s existing markets, “with many of these cannibalized locations being extremely high-volume.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 5, 2026

Without Venu as a threat, sporting still constitutes one of the few live-TV options that hasn’t been completely cannibalized by streaming just yet.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024

Unfortunately for Holly, in her haste she’d grabbed one of the helmets cannibalized by Artemis Fowl.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Rothschild expects Apple to sell 14 million units in fiscal year 2027, “conservatively” cannibalizing just 2% of traditional iPhone sales.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

And rather than cannibalizing demand for classical computing, the firm expects demand to ramp up, to the tune of $100 billion by 2040.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

After years of holding out on active ETFs amid fears of cannibalizing existing, higher-fee strategies, many managers are starting to relent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

But it must be actively defeated; it would be a grave mistake to assume it will dissipate after losing momentum or cannibalizing itself.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

Sometimes these projects acquired construction materials by cannibalizing old monuments, thereby hastening the process of creating ruins.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann