cannibalize

When executed carefully, deploying Disney IP in one flywheel node can actually increase demand in the others, not cannibalize it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

But there is reason to doubt that traders’ interest in the new products will cannibalize exchanges to the degree that investors fear.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

That said, the plans suggest a vehicle similar to the Model Y, which means Tesla could “partially cannibalize its own sales” if it moves forward with the effort, Nelson told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 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

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

Reddit, once the internet’s premier place to talk about the news, was cannibalized by invite-only chatroom platforms like Discord and Telegram.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Google has also shown that AI has expanded, not cannibalized, its search-engine business.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 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

“It dwindled down to 16 functioning buses, and the rest were being cannibalized in order to maintain a minimum level of functioning buses.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

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

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

“They’re cannibalizing their own products rather than creating incremental demand.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Now, he’s tackling another intractable problem: How to keep artificial-intelligence tools from cannibalizing the publishing industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 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

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