monopolize
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Future hikes are anticipated, and with Xbox moving out of the picture, their efforts to monopolize the market seem likely to be rewarded and they’ll simply weather the complaints.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Many analysts wonder whether the AI-tied stocks can continue to monopolize investors’ attentions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Federal Trade Commission is launching an antitrust probe into the company over whether it will try to monopolize the CPU market after launching its own chip.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Understanding just how China came to monopolize the rare-earth industry can help investors anticipate what’s coming next, making it easier to invest in the critical—and exceedingly volatile—sector.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
That factor alone would explain why societies of thousands can exist only if they develop centralized authority to monopolize force and resolve conflicts.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Department of Justice in an epic antitrust case, alleging that Google monopolizes online advertising technology.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
On platforms such as Zoom, the screen monopolizes our interactions.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2022
“If the dominant male monopolizes the matings, then the effective population size is much smaller than it would be if all sexually mature males were able to mate,” she said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
It’s a profession that monopolizes her waking hours.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2017
Where this show-society monopolizes the resources of a community, it implies either a dearth of intellectual resources, or a great misapprehension of what is really delightful and profitable in social intercourse.
From Modern Society by Julia Ward Howe
With hiring managers prioritizing in-person work and AI able to tackle routine tasks that traditionally monopolized entry-level workers’ time, one could argue being agreeable is paramount.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
This pattern suggests that wealth and authority were not monopolized by a single powerful leader.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
For example, Leo points out that the private companies who’ve monopolized control over and knowledge of A.I. are given to “technocratic thinking” that “tends to amplify the power of those who already possess economic resources.”
From Slate ● May 28, 2026
Notably, “the storification of reality,” as Mr. Brooks puts it, has coincided with a decline of storytelling in the literary novel, which once monopolized the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Girls cried because so-and-so wouldn’t sit by them at lunch, or because their best friend had a new boyfriend who monopolized her time.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Social psychologists cite a decline in “third spaces” outside of home and work, screens monopolizing our time and an adult trajectory where marriage, parenthood and homeownership arrive later, if ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
At issue was the definition of the market that Meta was allegedly monopolizing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
Pro sports lost me when big money teams began monopolizing, causing my beloved Pirates to fall by the wayside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
“We've seen over the last decade or so, manufacturers have realized that they can make a lot of money by monopolizing repair of their devices,” Jason Koebler, a tech journalist at 404 Media, told NPR.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024
Nicole and Kimmie were there first, monopolizing Gregor.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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