shakeout
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- noun
- /ˈʃeɪkaʊt/
- Following the market shakeout, only the strongest firms managed to survive and thrive.
Examples
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The recent shakeout in the tech industry has forced several startups to close their doors.
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University programs that survived the shakeout adapted to new educational and economic realities.
Academic text (2001) -
The struggle of manufacturers to bounce back from the latest recession may be proof that a shakeout is in the works.
Academic text (2006) -
This shakeout may lead to the exit of one or more current lighting majors, as has happened in many other industries in the past.
Blog text (29) -
John Chambers, Cisco CEO, predicted a shakeout among technology vendors in the short term.
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There has been a shakeout among lawyer-client matching services over the past few years, with the dot-com bust bringing down a number of them.
Academic text (2005) -
Whether this shakeout will strengthen or weaken the clean-energy industry will depend on how policymakers, notably in the United States, prepare for it.
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Why did Argentina so adamantly resist currency devaluation during the shakeouts of 1995 and 1999?
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Attorney Charles Robinson of Robinson & Chamberlain in Clearwater, Fla., believes that lawyers who cannot master this skill will fall victim to the shakeout that already is beginning to thin the ranks of the overcrowded profession.
Academic text (1997) -
Experts predict a shakeout is coming as more companies struggle to keep up with rising costs.
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Etymology
Shakeout comes from the words shake and out, like shaking a tree or a rug to make loose or weak things fall 'out' or 'away'. So a business shakeout is when hard times or new competition make weak companies fall away, leaving only the stronger ones.