as in conglomerate
a group of businesses or enterprises under one control
the media mogul's empire consists of newspapers, TV stations, and cable companies
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Recent Examples of empire
What began as a fun exercise in recreating outlandish dishes from film and television has since evolved into a multimedia empire with Andrew Rea at the helm.
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Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
In what is now the United States' desert Southwest, Velarde was born during the waning years of the Spanish empire and a border whose boundaries and governments changed.
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Every inch of her empire has been fought for and litigated over.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
So did his friendly rival, John Adams, who wrote of his dream ‘…to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen, without one noble or one king among them.
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Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
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Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
In what is now the United States' desert Southwest, Velarde was born during the waning years of the Spanish empire and a border whose boundaries and governments changed.
—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Every inch of her empire has been fought for and litigated over.
—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2026
So did his friendly rival, John Adams, who wrote of his dream ‘…to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen, without one noble or one king among them.
—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empire
conglomerate
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The aluminum venture also deepens the relationship between IHC — chaired by Abu Dhabi’s deputy ruler Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed — and billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate, following IHC’s $2 billion investment in Adani companies in 2022.
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Lotte Shopping, the retail conglomerate that controls Lotte Cinema operator Lotte Cultureworks, disclosed in a regulatory filing that its memorandum of understanding with Megabox parent Contentree JoongAng was terminated on June 30.
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“Empire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empire. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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