monopoly

This looks like the end of a long-standing monopoly.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Jelly Roll tried to strike a conciliatory tone, telling viewers that no political party has a monopoly on “human dignity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"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

That lasted until he moved to secure the same monopoly for himself, in part by stranding passengers on a competing line during a frigid night in Albany.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

For one lively half century Pennsylvania had a virtual monopoly on one of the most valuable products in the world, oil, and an overwhelmingly dominant role in the production of a second, coal.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

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

Even as the federal government battled monopolies in court, something else happened that made unprecedented fortunes possible—a revolutionary way of thinking about stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

That all spells exciting times for sleepy, regulated natural monopolies that control the last kilometer to the customer.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Why does the Japanese food-processing industry, like the German beer industry, consist of small companies with local monopolies?

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