undercut

Retailers like private-label products because they allow the chains to undercut competitors on price, control production and advertising costs, and deliver fatter margins, retail analysts say.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

On the campaign trail, Siegmund -- a former entrepreneur with a sharp undercut hairstyle and a huge social media following -- has been mobbed by adoring fans, many wearing T-shirts bearing his likeness.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Film industry advocates lobbied hard for a carve-out, saying the cap would undercut gains made under the current film and TV tax credit program at a time when Hollywood has been reeling from job losses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

A firm reading, on the other hand, could undercut the argument that inflation is on its way to the central bank’s 2% target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

It wasn’t exactly a spacious cavern, more an undercut in the face of the cliff, with a curtain of enormous icicles screening the entrance.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

That detail undercuts the hard-luck narrative surrounding Bardella's early years which he would later use to appeal to a wider electorate.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

These are hardly examples of the court showing TLC for criminal defendants, and it undercuts Thomas’ claims on Monday.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

But health concerns have helped power a solar backlash that undercuts efforts to broaden energy sources even as customer costs are rising.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

This undercuts claims of supercharged fires and feedback loops of carbon release.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

In its meanderings, it undercuts at various points at various times, and the aggregate result is the widening of the valley.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood

This serves their goals of undercutting both their target’s work and the institutions they represent.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Merch Traffic, owned by Live Nation, filed a lawsuit against counterfeiters in April, accusing them of undercutting Bruce Springsteen’s products with knockoff T-shirts and caps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

With less of a coastal buffer, any large waves that come in “will have even greater impact on the shoreline, with more likelihood of flooding and undercutting of cliffs,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

There might be an even bigger competitive threat in the form of Chinese AI entrants undercutting the entire market.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

He was holding the Lombard back and shouting, “You offer a usurious rate! Forty percent! Forty! My uncle offered thirty. Thirty is reasonable! Thirty is standard! But thirty is undercutting now?”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz