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monopoly

[muh-nop-uh-lee] / məˈnɒp ə li /


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“These are monopoly companies, you can’t choose to buy from anybody else,” Stokes said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The $146 billion weight of five extra years of patent monopoly is not being carried by Novo Nordisk’s shareholders.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Recent trade tensions have made investors more starkly aware of China’s monopoly on mining rare earth minerals.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

As majority owner of Cuba’s monopoly telecommunications company, Gaesa controls all the revenue generated by internet and phone services.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Totalitarian systems depend on a monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and, eventually, the personal computer.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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