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"He's trying to get into Number 10 as if it's a stop on a monopoly board," the Liberal Democrat added.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

In short, they assume a monopoly power for states, believing that there is nothing a resident can do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

And early next year, a trial is scheduled to begin in a case that accuses Amazon of illegally maintaining a monopoly in online retail.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

For decades, U.S. and other Western companies enjoyed something close to a monopoly on cutting-edge science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Totalitarian systems depend on a monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and, eventually, the personal computer.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Breaking these monopolies will need to go beyond what the Education Department can do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The practice “may distort competition, stifle innovation, and potentially lead to monopolies or market concentration in strategic sectors,” as the Center for Strategic and International Studies put it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Landlords would only accept tenants who applied using a broker, which meant many brokers had monopolies on full blocks of apartments, and sometimes whole neighborhoods.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

A simpler derivatives contract could hurt some of CME’s and Cboe’s most popular products, which critics characterize as monopolies.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

These local monopolies are reinforced by the Japanese government, which obstructs the import of foreign processed food by imposing a 10-day quarantine, among other restrictions.

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