undercut
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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
An unpopular India would also undercut arguments for closer cooperation between the U.S. and India in the developing world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Talk of possible reconciliation could be undercut by reports that William might remove their Sussex titles when he eventually becomes monarch.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
She added: "A chart that rewards unlicensed AI output would undercut the very basis of the recorded music we exist to represent."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The sound of his triumphant laugh is infuriating, and carelessly, I go for an undercut that he immediately blocks.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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
The 12% reduction to proposed schedules undercuts plans by United and American to add more flights at the hub.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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
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
"That's what it is - a business earning money, undercutting competitors, and not following the rules."
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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
