monopoly
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The current regulatory framework was set up when a profitable mailing monopoly existed, which is no longer the case.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The Financial Times’ Gideon Rachman has pointed out that China still has a monopoly on rare earth minerals, which they used to great advantage during the recent tariff war.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
A jury ruled Live Nation an illegal monopoly last month, a decision the company said it would fight.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Before Standard Oil became “the most gigantic, the most cruel, impudent, pitiless, and grasping monopoly which ever fastened upon a community,” it was a start-up.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
We snuck into each other’s rooms by night to trade secrets, argue, commiserate, spy, and continue chess games and monopoly games that had begun days earlier.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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