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empire

[em-pahyuhr, om-peer] / ˈɛm paɪər, ɒmˈpɪər /


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Our investigation has uncovered new evidence about the way Abramovich's business empire has been run.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

He is also the face of a growing media empire, which is what a comedian must become to hold sway in the upper echelons of new media fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar media empire before being jailed for fraud and conspiracy, has died aged 86.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The family’s Canadian contingent oversees an empire that includes Loblaw, Canada’s largest food retailer and the operator of Shoppers Drug Mart, one of the country’s biggest pharmacy chains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Liz and I made a social media empire for us.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

She knows little about the developments unfolding in the boardroom of the Tata group, one of India's oldest and most influential business empires that makes everything from salt to software.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

You’re both from the Midwest, you both dropped out of college, and you both have built these political media empires.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Paramount Skydance plans to redevelop its historic Hollywood studio as it consolidates the vast Warner Bros. and Paramount real estate empires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Firms including Texas Pacific Land, LandBridge and EagleRock sit on land empires nestled in the Permian Basin, which spans West Texas and New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The resulting empires were administered with the aid of writing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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