duopoly

noun

du·op·o·ly du̇-ˈä-pə-lē

also dyu̇-

plural duopolies

: an oligopoly limited to two sellers

: preponderant influence or control by two political powers

duopolistic

d(y)u̇-ˌä-pə-ˈli-stik

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web China’s pathway to an economic duopoly with the US was never in doubt. —

Michael Gale, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022 Miao draws a parallel with PCs and smartphones: The former was defined by the Windows-Intel alliance, and the latter by a duopoly of Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. —

Mary Hui, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2022 To be clear, dumping the duopoly of Iowa and New Hampshire is deeply popular within the Democratic base. —

James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022 For more than a year, members of Congress have debated the Open App Markets Act, a piece of legislation that would dramatically weaken the app store duopoly of Apple and Google. —

Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2022 Other countries are trying to break the duopoly of Boeing and Airbus. —

Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022 The dialysis industry has consolidated over decades to become a for-profit duopoly: DaVita and Fresenius dominate the landscape. —

Isabella Cueto, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022 Various regulatory bodies have forced the Google/Apple app store duopoly to open up payments, but Google and Apple have each done so without fixing the core problem of high app store fees. —

Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2022 Efforts are slowly trickling to break through the duopoly. —

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