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
At Hawksmoor, the delicate ribbons of Cantabrian anchovy undercut her previous bias against the fishy staple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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
It is, in fact, a downbeat speech, almost an informal State of the Union address, designed to undercut the revelry and prepare the country for years of more pain and struggle.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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
James Egelhof, chief U.S. economist at BNP Paribas, said this undercuts the Fed’s strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
The original is first surrounded with a case or frame of sheet metal or other suitable material, and a negative cast is taken with some elastic material, if there are undercuts; the inventor uses agar-agar.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various
Unfortunately, Birkin hunting is undercutting some of the good work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
This serves their goals of undercutting both their target’s work and the institutions they represent.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Chinese challengers Seedance, Kling and Alibaba’s HappyHorse have rapidly closed the gap on cinematic realism and have upstaged their American rivals by undercutting them on cost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 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
