discounting

Example Sentences

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For now, traders are discounting a “seamless return to normal global oil flows once the Strait of Hormuz is reopened,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

I’m not discounting Pratt’s chances of winning — he’s too savvy a media pro to fully flop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

He also insists he is "not a food fad person" who cares much for trends - and criticises the way food is increasingly treated as simply hunger-quenching, discounting its richer significance.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Domino’s Pizza said Monday that its sales softened in March as consumer sentiment tanked and competitors increased discounting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things— discounting men.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner