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oligopoly

[ol-i-gop-uh-lee] / ˌɒl ɪˈgɒp ə li /


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Hard drives capture about 80% of cloud storage, and are made by a disciplined oligopoly.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

"The problem with this industry is that the supply chain is an oligopoly and sometimes even a duopoly."

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

Instead, we have an oligopoly of dominant banks that issue them: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, American Express, Citigroup and Capital One, which together account for about 70% of all transactions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026

Another concern is the dynamic of having an oligopoly of semicap suppliers for a small base of buyers, Mizuho desk-based analyst Jordan Klein told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 3, 2026

OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada’s No. 2 official endorsed a competition shakeup in the highly concentrated financial-services industry, saying the country’s banking sector is an oligopoly and changes could help lift Canada’s prolonged productivity slump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025




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