: tending to reduce or discourage competition
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Meanwhile, a group of states led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton separately sued Google for anticompetitive and deceptive practices in its ad business.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
There's nothing anticompetitive in providing services for ad buyers and sellers, and there are more alternatives to our services than ever before.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Axon has denied accusations of anticompetitive behavior; the case is ongoing.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The government took on Microsoft in the late 1990s, arguing that its bundling of its Explorer browser with its Windows operating system was anticompetitive.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
There's nothing anticompetitive in providing services for ad buyers and sellers, and there are more alternatives to our services than ever before.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Axon has denied accusations of anticompetitive behavior; the case is ongoing.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The government took on Microsoft in the late 1990s, arguing that its bundling of its Explorer browser with its Windows operating system was anticompetitive.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anticompetitive
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“Anticompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anticompetitive. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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