free market

Example Sentences

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But people don’t want a free market with live music.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Armstrong, and others in the crypto world, say the free market should reign and that banks can simply pay higher interest rates to compete with stablecoins or get into the stablecoin business themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

So the advisory firms arose from a free market to offer them analysis.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

If the government can’t deliver what the Fed needs, it may be time to turn to the free market.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Inside the free market, however, there might be some authority capable of checking its excess.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis