monopolist

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Recent Examples of monopolist The Department of Justice is demanding that corrective measures be imposed after its antitrust case against Google found the tech giant to be a monopolist in general search. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 July 2025 Shifting costs In much of the U.S., utilities are monopolists. Eliza Martin, The Conversation, 5 June 2025 The remedy phase of Google's antitrust trial is underway, with the government angling to realign Google's business after the company was ruled a search monopolist. ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025 On Monday, the government argued in a landmark antitrust trial that both acquisitions — now considered among the greatest in Silicon Valley history — were the actions of a monopolist guarding his turf. Mike Isaac, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for monopolist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolist
Noun
  • The conglomerate, which often aligns itself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development goals and controls vast swathes of India’s infrastructure sector, is yet to fully recover from the market value erosion caused by the short seller’s accusations.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fall For Greenville has become quite well-known not only for its packed itinerary and vendor list, but also for being free for all to attend, garnering a reputation as the largest free fall festival in the South.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The McGhee proposal would double that deduction, meaning a county vendor would receive only 96 cents for every dollar Miami-Dade owes the contractor.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Funds are added to electronic benefit transfer cards, which can be used at participating grocery stores and select online retailers.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Traditionally, retailers order their remaining holiday goods for a late August/September arrival before manufacturing plants close to celebrate October’s Golden Week in China.
    Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Although competition among storekeepers can be fierce, Mateo sees U.B.A. as a marketplace of ideas.
    H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In 2017, following an overwhelming number of complaints from visitors and storekeepers about vulgar language and intimidation tactics, the city had to once again enforce an ordinance to keep the hawkers in separate areas.
    Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In August 2023, Otano was found guilty of the armed kidnapping of Jose Ortega-Gutierrez, a man known to police and considered a nuisance by shopkeepers at a Hialeah strip mall.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo, Alain Mukumiro argues in a small wooden hut with a shopkeeper who refuses to take his money.
    JANVIER BARHAHIGA, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • However, the drop was driven by a decline in trade services, a category that reflects retailer and wholesaler profit margins.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Lafayette 148 has transitioned from a wholesaler into a primarily direct-to-consumer brand with 26 stores globally, which includes 12 units in North America.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, thus far, the costs of the tariffs have primarily been absorbed by middlemen, rather than manufacturers and consumers.
    Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Harris portrays a free-spirited yet quick-calculating middleman with playful wit.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some are stockpiling ingredients, while others are frantically seeking alternative suppliers.
    Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program has been active since 2010, compelling more than 8,000 facilities and suppliers in the United States to report their climate pollution every year, and uses the data to help shape rules to reduce the amount of pollution in the air.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Monopolist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolist. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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