Other Words from oligopoly

oligopolist \ ˌä-lə-ˈgä-pə-list

, ˌō- \ noun

oligopolistic \ ˌä-lə-ˌgä-pə-ˈli-stik

, ˌō- \ adjective

Examples of oligopoly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The prescription hearing-aid industry, led by an oligopoly known as the Big Five that controls more than 90 percent of the market for hearing aids, failed to stop the bill. — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 June 2022 Unlike the evil oligarchy of ancient Athens, the A.I. oligopoly set out to do good. — Wendell Wallach, Fortune, 16 June 2022 Both Biden and Congress seek to blame an anti-competitive oligopoly of foreign shipping lines for colluding to artificially raise prices on American consumers. — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 17 June 2022 But against that, consider that Micron is part of an oligopoly in memory chips. — John Dorfman, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Each warned that the cloud oligopoly carries risks for customers if the sector becomes lethargic, but none called for a government crackdown. — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2022 No other market in the world is left to function with so little oversight and with such asymmetrical terms in favor of an oligopoly. — Maritza Johnson, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2022 The disk drive market is an oligopoly with three players. — John Dorfman, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 Attacking the meat oligopoly has its economic and political virtues. — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022 See More

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