Shakeout
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noun.
A reduction or elimination of competing businesses or products in a particular field.
noun.
A decline in a securities market that forces speculators to sell their positions, often at a loss.
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noun.
An event that causes
marginal
constituents to be eliminated.
noun.
The separation of molds from their
flask
, the
castings
from the molding sand, and potentially the
cores
from the castings.
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noun.
an economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry
Word Usage
"I would classify it as the beginnings of what I call a shakeout."