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oligopoly

[ol-i-gop-uh-lee] / ˌɒl ɪˈgɒp ə li /


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Yes, and the risk is that government regulation would enshrine a testing oligopoly that reduces the incentives for due diligence by evaluators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The global HBM market is currently a three-way oligopoly, with Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron already shipping their next-generation HBM4 chips.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Seagate and Western Digital maintain an oligopoly in the hard-disk drive market, committing to disciplined unit capacity additions.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 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




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