monopoly

There seems to be a stylistic monopoly at work among the streamers of “original content” that renders innovative storytelling—and any semblance of cinema—invalid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

They are the definition of monopoly for high school sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Creating an effective monopoly by issuing a patent to the same company that sets the price has led to predictable results.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

In 1474 the republic of Venice formalized its own patent system by requiring that those wanting to claim a monopoly first register their new inventions with the state.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

AI monopolies is obsolete, if it was ever justified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

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

There’s no competition; there are just a thousand local monopolies.

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