variants
or antimonopoly
: opposing, prohibiting, or restricting monopolies
anti-monopoly laws
anti-monopolist
noun
or antimonopolist
ˌan-tē-mə-ˈnä-pə-list,
ˌan-tī-
… fully embraced the reform effort, casting himself as an anti-monopolist who opposed the designs of the Guggenheim Alaska Syndicate to lock up Alaska development as their private cash cow.
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Steve Haycox
Steve Haycox
Examples of anti-monopoly in a Sentence
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State lawmakers in Tennessee and Virginia waived federal anti-monopoly laws so rival hospital systems — Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System — could merge into a single company with no competition.
—Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Meta is asking a federal court to dispense with the Federal Trade Commission’s anti-monopoly lawsuit against it, arguing it’s failed to unearth evidence to support its claims.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 5 Apr. 2024
At last week’s press conference, Kanter compared the government’s case against Apple to three famous anti-monopoly cases from the past: Standard Oil, A.T. & T., and Microsoft.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Despite official indications that China's yearslong anti-monopoly and data security crackdowns on technology companies have ended, entrepreneurs are jittery.
—Dake Kang and Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
In order to appease anti-monopoly regulators, some of the IPL rights, which would otherwise all be under one roof, may have to be ceded to rival operators.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
On April 10th of 2021, Chinese government fined Alibaba for a record of 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion), after an anti-monopoly probe found that Alibaba had abused its dominant market position for several years.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Seven days later, the government released new anti-monopoly rules for the entire tech sector that ultimately banned common (and profitable) industry practices, such as forcing vendors to sell exclusively on one platform, namely Alibaba or its competitors.
—Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
According to the anti-monopoly organization Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the cut sellers give to Amazon from their revenue is up from 35% in 2020 and 19% in 2014.
—Haleluya Hadero, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Meta is asking a federal court to dispense with the Federal Trade Commission’s anti-monopoly lawsuit against it, arguing it’s failed to unearth evidence to support its claims.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 5 Apr. 2024
At last week’s press conference, Kanter compared the government’s case against Apple to three famous anti-monopoly cases from the past: Standard Oil, A.T. & T., and Microsoft.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Despite official indications that China's yearslong anti-monopoly and data security crackdowns on technology companies have ended, entrepreneurs are jittery.
—Dake Kang and Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
In order to appease anti-monopoly regulators, some of the IPL rights, which would otherwise all be under one roof, may have to be ceded to rival operators.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
On April 10th of 2021, Chinese government fined Alibaba for a record of 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion), after an anti-monopoly probe found that Alibaba had abused its dominant market position for several years.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Seven days later, the government released new anti-monopoly rules for the entire tech sector that ultimately banned common (and profitable) industry practices, such as forcing vendors to sell exclusively on one platform, namely Alibaba or its competitors.
—Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
According to the anti-monopoly organization Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the cut sellers give to Amazon from their revenue is up from 35% in 2020 and 19% in 2014.
—Haleluya Hadero, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
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“Anti-monopoly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-monopoly. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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