cannibalize
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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
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
He also doesn’t think the Big Arch will significantly cannibalize sales of other popular burgers, such as the Quarter Pounder and Big Mac.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 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
Media executives are trying to build profitable streaming services even as cable providers argue they are subsidizing a business that cannibalizes their own.
From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2023
For Meta, there’s risk that Threads cannibalizes Instagram’s revenue over Twitter’s.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2023
Stuff enough gadgets and appliances into a second kitchen and at some point it cannibalizes the main one.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
The theater group’s Sunday statement rejected the notion that the simultaneous releases make financial sense for Disney, arguing that Disney+ revenue cannibalizes later video-on-demand sales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
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
We cannibalized Dragonwings to make a stretcher for Father out of the wooden poles and canvas.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
“They’re cannibalizing their own products rather than creating incremental demand.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 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
The strong print wasn’t enough to calm investors’ fears about AI cannibalizing the information-technology and consulting sectors.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
The advent of data analytics showed that Goodwill could cluster stores closer together than previously believed without cannibalizing sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
And she had started cannibalizing parts of her city to add on to its height.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
