monopolize
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Federal Trade Commission is launching an antitrust probe into the company over whether it will try to monopolize the CPU market after launching its own chip.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Watts says you may already be attached once you notice the signs—they start a fight after a big event in the partner’s life, give backhanded compliments, monopolize the conversation—but it’s not worth sticking around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Understanding just how China came to monopolize the rare-earth industry can help investors anticipate what’s coming next, making it easier to invest in the critical—and exceedingly volatile—sector.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
“Right now individual companies are trying to monopolize the business and prevent that from happening,” said McMahon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
The ingredients for the visibilizer had to be delivered, and the sooner the better, but the baroness clearly intended to monopolize the rest of her morning.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Department of Justice in an epic antitrust case, alleging that Google monopolizes online advertising technology.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
On platforms such as Zoom, the screen monopolizes our interactions.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2022
“If the dominant male monopolizes the matings, then the effective population size is much smaller than it would be if all sexually mature males were able to mate,” she said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
It’s a profession that monopolizes her waking hours.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2017
I also dreaded family ties, that terrible network of homely affections, which monopolizes, imprisons, dwarfs and stifles.
From Artists' Wives by Laura Ensor
With hiring managers prioritizing in-person work and AI able to tackle routine tasks that traditionally monopolized entry-level workers’ time, one could argue being agreeable is paramount.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
This pattern suggests that wealth and authority were not monopolized by a single powerful leader.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Visa ultimately abandoned the transaction, but the Justice Department sued the company four years later alleging it monopolized debit markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The earlier case concluded in 2001 with a trial judge’s ruling that Microsoft had illegally monopolized the market for computer operating systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
Rav Gershenson’s class became a particular joy, because the ease between Danny and myself now permitted us to engage in a constant flow of competitive discussion that virtually monopolized the hours of the shiur.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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Though the businessman and Mormon missionary never mined for gold himself, he became California’s first millionaire by monopolizing the sale of supplies to those who did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
That rule was designed to prevent any entity from monopolizing state funds for vehicles that weren’t ready for production and to provide a level playing field for smaller manufacturers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
At issue was the definition of the market that Meta was allegedly monopolizing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
“We've seen over the last decade or so, manufacturers have realized that they can make a lot of money by monopolizing repair of their devices,” Jason Koebler, a tech journalist at 404 Media, told NPR.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024
His quiet, probing questions kept me talking freely, forgetting, in the dim light of the storm, to be embarrassed for monopolizing the conversation.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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