monopoly

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Deciding when a company has grown large and dominant because it is better than others or because it has unfairly built a monopoly can be difficult, but it is essential.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“These are monopoly companies, you can’t choose to buy from anybody else,” Stokes said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Saudi Aramco, the Saudi oil monopoly, and Apple, the iPhone maker, are the only other companies in the world capable of producing so much cash.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 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

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