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monopoly

[muh-nop-uh-lee] / məˈnɒp ə li /


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Wilkinson’s calculation: she had cited math to support her argument that the combination of Microsoft and Activision wouldn’t be a monopoly.

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

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

AI monopolies is obsolete, if it was ever justified.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

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

A simpler derivatives contract could hurt some of CME’s and Cboe’s most popular products, which critics characterize as monopolies.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 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

As a result, Japanese food-processing companies enjoy local monopolies.

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




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