monopolists

Definition of monopolistsnext
plural of monopolist

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Noun
  • Inflation in British shops rose to the highest level in almost two years as retailers grapple with higher costs, an industry survey found.
    Katie Linsell, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The agenda includes a full day of educational programming, followed by two days at the exhibit hall for retailers, brands and industry professionals.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Even better, the brand’s best-sellers are available at Amazon.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • With corporate ownership, the corporations pay cash and the sellers benefit by getting their money immediately.
    Joan Murray, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But to help root out the fraud, many community colleges have turned to a growing marketplace of identity verification software vendors.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The 2025 farmers market also had more vendors than in its inaugural year.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The bill also drew opposition from the Florida Retail Federation, which represents pharmacies, and the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which represents pharmacy benefit managers, which act as sort of middlemen with insurers, pharmacies and drug companies.
    News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Utilities are increasingly reluctant to arrange grid connection deals with middlemen like real estate firms, preferring to deal directly with the tech companies.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • On January 8th, the twelfth day of mass protests in Iran, which began when shopkeepers, responding to runaway inflation, closed Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the Iranian government shut down public access to the internet, further shrouding an already largely closed society.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Iran’s regime has been trying to crack down on the protests, which began in late December with shopkeepers and bazaar merchants demonstrating against accelerating inflation and the collapse of the rial.
    Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • BlackRock’s purchases of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in 2024 and private credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in 2025, for more than $24 billion in cash and stock combined, catapulted it into the top five global alternatives providers.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Apple Music is doubling its penalties to content providers who are caught engaging in streaming fraud, the service confirms to The Hollywood Reporter, in a move that the platform’s chief Oliver Schusser says reflect’s Apple Music’s goals of outright ending streaming fraud on the platform.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Operating at the extreme fringes is also an effective strategy for maximizing exposure in the algorithm, which explains why popular influencers such as the Nelk Boys and Jake Paul started their YouTube careers as prank peddlers, before leaning into more overtly political content.
    T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yet the primary data required for compliance—fiber origin, material composition, chemical inputs—are generated and held upstream by suppliers and processors.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Eco effort Sustainability has clearly been considered here—there’s a lack of plastic, and restaurant suppliers are kept local wherever possible—but the hotel could do a better job at communicating its eco credentials to guests.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Monopolists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolists. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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