discounting

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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

Investors are discounting how rising energy prices will hurt the U.S. economy and instead evaluating stocks based on earnings and growth potential from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Analysts wonder whether TikTok’s culture of impulse buying might require heavy discounting to convert scrollers into customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

That means it built up inventory, which could lead to discounting and lower production down the road.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 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