cannibalize

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“In fact, we believe hyperscalers are more likely to attempt head-on competition, going after GPU cloud business as the natural adjacency to traditional cloud,” which could cannibalize CoreWeave’s business.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

In this case, it has come from states that have legalized sports betting, such as Nevada, and are worried that the prediction markets could cannibalize their legal offerings and evade their gambling regulations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

As prediction markets threaten to cannibalize traditional sportsbooks, one betting operator is doing just fine.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Their executives insisted they would never cannibalize sales outside China by exporting from those joint ventures, recalls Michael Dunne of market research and advisory Dunne Insights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

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

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