duopoly
noun
du·op·o·ly
du̇-ˈä-pə-lē 
also dyu̇-
plural duopolies
1
: an oligopoly limited to two sellers
2
: preponderant influence or control by two political powers
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And with the aircraft manufacturing industry effectively a duopoly between Boeing and Airbus, options are limited.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
The longer and more entrenched duopoly of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal offers a counterpoint.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The duopoly of the great auction houses is a codependency on which the rest of the sixty-five-billion-dollar art market relies.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Of these, Boeing and Airbus operate in a duopoly with Embraer and COMAC representing minor production totals for different reasons.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
The longer and more entrenched duopoly of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal offers a counterpoint.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
The duopoly of the great auction houses is a codependency on which the rest of the sixty-five-billion-dollar art market relies.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Of these, Boeing and Airbus operate in a duopoly with Embraer and COMAC representing minor production totals for different reasons.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Duopoly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duopoly. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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