How to Use demand-side in a Sentence

demand-side

adjective
  • The demand-side rot has been building for a while.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • In the meantime, demand-side strategies are not enough on their own to meaningfully curb prices at the pump.
    — Paasha Mahdavi, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In recent months, many companies have struck alliances involving their demand-side platforms.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The sudden increase in interest has created what drug supply experts call a demand-side shortage.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This includes not only supply-side operations but also demand-side factors such as consumption, and user base.
    — Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The group noted that natural gas demand fell in March, in part due to higher commodity prices and demand-side policy measures.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Roku in recent months has struck new alliances with other companies’ demand-side platforms, opening itself up to broader programmatic buys.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
  • For years, housing policy discussions focused almost entirely on demand-side subsidies, or on assigning blame for high prices.
    — Patrick A. McLaughlin, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Marks said looking at supply and demand, COVID was a demand-side shock and resulted in theaters closing.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
  • That connects directly to long-term demand-side contracts and to team alignment around our vision and mission, which are both critical to ClimeCo’s long-term success.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • The company has been on the march with its video ad effort, ramping up a major upfront event in New York each May and announcing a string of deals for its demand-side platform.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
  • But, over the longer term, buying from markets in South and Southeast Asia could be expected to contribute growing demand-side influence on the market.
    — Sj Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Keliber still faces the prospects that low-cost Chinese imports could undercut its commercial potential unless Brussels accepts some form of demand-side support or risk-sharing.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • As reserves dwindled, many governments resorted to demand-side action to keep costs under control, including recommending remote work where possible.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Bray knew that cheap generic medications like leucovorin, which has a history of going into shortage, are particularly vulnerable to demand-side shocks.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • When setting prices, Apple certainly cares about conventional demand-side factors, such as unit sales, revenues, competition, and consumers’ willingness to pay.
    — Srikanth Jagabathula, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • Amazon has recently forged deals for its demand-side platform (DSP) to be used by companies like Roku, a major rival in other business categories.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This overlooked crucial demand-side economics, eroding Sonic's core competitive advantage.
    — Clifford Hudson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Shares of the iPhone maker have risen nearly 17% year to date, outperforming the overall market, as investors have sought to gain demand-side exposure to the artificial intelligence boom.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • With supply elasticity reduced and infrastructure constraints still present, price collapses could increasingly reflect demand-side shocks rather than structural oversupply.
    — Bryce Erickson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, demand-side economies - dependent on large fossil fuel imports - are accelerating action for reasons that extend beyond the original imperative of emissions reduction.
    — María Mendiluce, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Embracing demand-side management, rather than just building more power plants, is essential for ensuring grid reliability and affordability in the coming decades.
    — Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • If April’s preliminary reading holds or worsens in the final data, economists say the risk of a demand-side contraction — on top of whatever supply shock the Iran conflict delivers — becomes harder to dismiss.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Amazon and Netflix have set an advertising partnership, allowing marketers to use Amazon’s demand-side platform to access Netflix inventory.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Amazon will give advertisers the chance to buy up programmatic advertising inventory from Netflix via its demand-side platform, the latest in a series of similar alliances media companies have been striking in recent months.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • As for agentic commerce, in Jain’s framing, only Google, Anthropic, and Bilt have the breadth of demand-side merchant integrations to power AI commerce in the physical world.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • Amazon will give advertisers the chance to buy up programmatic advertising inventory from Red Seat via its demand-side platform, the latest in a series of similar alliances media companies have been striking in recent months.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 July 2026
  • An email platform sees one identifier, a website analytics platform sees another, a demand-side platform sees a device, a CRM sees a contact record and a connected TV platform sees a household.
    — Paula Chiocchi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • But while supply-side incentives play a critical role in leveling the playing field (especially given the enormous scale of manufacturing in locations such as Taiwan), more is needed to create the demand-side incentives to help companies bring the demand back onshore.
    — Thomas Caulfield, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Amazon unveiled an alliance Tuesday with SiriusXM Media that allows advertisers using the online giant’s demand-side platform to buy up programmatic advertising inventory from the audio player, the latest in a series of similar alliances media companies have been striking in recent months.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025

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