: tending to reduce or discourage competition
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Stay-to-play requirements, which are common across youth sports, are perhaps the clearest example of the Stars’ anticompetitive business practices, Luke Hasskamp, an antitrust attorney with Bona Law, told USA TODAY in July.
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Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
On Monday, Pfizer filed a second lawsuit against the companies, alleging that Novo Nordisk's attempt to outbid Pfizer to acquire Metsera is anticompetitive.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
To the average consumer, converging with the world’s most prominent marketplace may not seem dire, but its anticompetitive practices can be especially brutal on these sellers.
—Mara Weinraub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
The European Union’s antitrust authority has fined luxury brands Gucci, Loewe and Chloé a total of more than 157 million euros alleging the companies have engaged in anticompetitive pricing practices.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
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Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
On Monday, Pfizer filed a second lawsuit against the companies, alleging that Novo Nordisk's attempt to outbid Pfizer to acquire Metsera is anticompetitive.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
To the average consumer, converging with the world’s most prominent marketplace may not seem dire, but its anticompetitive practices can be especially brutal on these sellers.
—Mara Weinraub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
The European Union’s antitrust authority has fined luxury brands Gucci, Loewe and Chloé a total of more than 157 million euros alleging the companies have engaged in anticompetitive pricing practices.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Anticompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anticompetitive. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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