monopoly

For decades, U.S. and other Western companies enjoyed something close to a monopoly on cutting-edge science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

They are the definition of monopoly for high school sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The ORR said, external it was "a significant step forward" in introducing competition on the route, where Eurostar has held a monopoly on passenger services since the tunnel opened in 1994.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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

Absolute control through a monopoly was the goal, not merely building a successful business.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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

Department of Justice to investigate and break up giant industrial monopolies, became law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

And regulators can be expected to take the same attitude toward suspected monopolies as the Ohio Supreme Court did in the 1892 Standard Oil ruling.

From Barron's ● May 2, 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