free market
Example Sentences
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Paradoxically, the union has embraced the principles of Adam Smith: Let the free market work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
He addressed pro-democracy demonstrators during the city's 2014 Umbrella Movement, speaking in favour of a "free market in leadership".
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
So the advisory firms arose from a free market to offer them analysis.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 9, 2026
In a free market, countries that constantly run big trade surpluses with the U.S. would be flooded with extra dollars beyond what they needed to buy imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Private enterprise was supposed to build an industrial duty-free port in Bolivia Mar. Thus far the free market has not accepted the challenge.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
