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monopoly

[muh-nop-uh-lee] / məˈnɒp ə li /


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Using this monopoly, Penske is accused of turning the Golden Globes into a “pay-to-play racket.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

But it does show that the state’s current monopoly over the legal meaning of public safety is not natural.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

The difference is that history is no longer written solely by the winners, and today’s industrialists no longer have a monopoly on shaping the narrative.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

NewStreet Research analyst Blair Levin on Friday added that SpaceX’s potential monopoly on satellites and rocket launches could squeeze the big three wireless providers and that Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are pushing back.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Foreign-based executives of the Korean National Insurance Corporation, the state monopoly that orchestrated the fraud, prepared a special birthday gift.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

When Congress first created the FTC in the 1910s, it recognized that the agency’s mandates of protecting consumers and fighting monopolies should not be overly swayed by partisan politics.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

She also would audit all corporate tax incentives and push for a statewide public utility to replace private monopolies.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

The E.U. has been acting to check the monopolies of Big Tech in Europe, hitting companies with hefty fines and launching investigations into data policies.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

We tend not to associate monopolies with innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

Band organization is often described as “egalitarian”: there is no formalized social stratification into upper and lower classes, no formalized or hereditary leadership, and no formalized monopolies of information and decision making.

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




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