shakeout
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- n an economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry
they glutted the market in order to cause a shakeout of their competitors
- Will Singapore see an Internet shakeout? .
- This year's takings are down as people pare back their discretionary dining spending, and that, together with surging food prices and tight credit markets, suggests a shakeout in .
- The bull market, after almost three months of uninterrupted climb, was jolted by the worst shakeout since the start of the Korean war.