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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

Watts says you may already be attached once you notice the signs—they start a fight after a big event in the partner’s life, give backhanded compliments, monopolize the conversation—but it’s not worth sticking around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

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

“Right now individual companies are trying to monopolize the business and prevent that from happening,” said McMahon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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

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

Not only are they government-backed, but the government itself monopolizes the vast student loan market.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2013

Exclusions are not only unjust, but they frequently operate as injuriously to the party who monopolizes, as to those who are excluded.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine

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

Visa ultimately abandoned the transaction, but the Justice Department sued the company four years later alleging it monopolized debit markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

That’s much easier in these days of high-tech weaponry, produced only in industrial plants and easily monopolized by an elite, than in ancient times of spears and clubs easily made at home.

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

Though the businessman and Mormon missionary never mined for gold himself, he became California’s first millionaire by monopolizing the sale of supplies to those who did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

At issue was the definition of the market that Meta was allegedly monopolizing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

Once guidelines changed to make it easier to detect monopolizing behavior, the FTC initiated a series of lawsuits to go after that behavior.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 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

His quiet, probing questions kept me talking freely, forgetting, in the dim light of the storm, to be embarrassed for monopolizing the conversation.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer