as in empire
a group of businesses or enterprises under one control
the huge media conglomerate owns TV and radio stations, a cable company, and a movie studio
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as in to gather
to come together into one body or place
people conglomerated in the downtown streets for an impromptu victory celebration
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as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
over the years the town's discarded junk conglomerated at the bottom of the river
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Recent Examples of conglomerate
News Desk, Artforum, 2 June 2026
This deal by itself isn’t likely to make a meaningful impact on Berkshire’s bottom line because the conglomerate is so big, but dealmaking and investing are the areas of Abel’s resume that investors had the most questions about.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Allan Smith, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
The vision of the commission is clear in a diagram for the War Department that sought to streamline the bureaucracy, conglomerating the existing 18 divisions into eight.
—Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
As its rivals increasingly conglomerate to exert pressure against it, the West is often forced to ignore the flaws of its allies.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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Noun
More than 100 prominent French artists have signed an open letter that calls for the termination of a partnership between Centre Pompidou and the South Korean business conglomerate Hanwha Group, per multiple reports.
—News Desk, Artforum, 2 June 2026
This deal by itself isn’t likely to make a meaningful impact on Berkshire’s bottom line because the conglomerate is so big, but dealmaking and investing are the areas of Abel’s resume that investors had the most questions about.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 2 June 2026
Verb
Media conglomerates Disney and Paramount have also made strategic financial decisions to win more favorable treatment from Trump and his administration.
—Allan Smith, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
The vision of the commission is clear in a diagram for the War Department that sought to streamline the bureaucracy, conglomerating the existing 18 divisions into eight.
—Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
Adjective
Simultaneously, a series of conglomerate takeovers of local manufacturing plants led to waves of re-structuring and cost-cutting: factory jobs no longer seemed quite so stable.
— Made By History, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
As its rivals increasingly conglomerate to exert pressure against it, the West is often forced to ignore the flaws of its allies.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerate
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If anything, the incident has become part of brand Beckham mythology; an early indication of David and Victoria’s fashion-forwardness and media savvy that has morphed into today’s multimillion-dollar sport, beauty and business empire.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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This bridge symbolizes an empire striving to protect itself from its ultimate demise.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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The intelligence-gathering site became another means by which Israel could collect information on Iranian military movements and facilities, as well as potentially providing early warning of missile launches.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Team projects and daily systems ask for tweaks as information-gathering Mercury engages your 11th House of Friends, while intense Pluto focuses your 6th House of Work.—
PubSubHub User,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2026
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Understanding how those filaments emerge is key to understanding how gas accumulates and ultimately collapses into new stars.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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The carbon fiber composite device replaces the core with a rubber plunger mechanism that sits at the bottom of the stem inside the rim cavity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 June 2026
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This composite image shows evidence for a wind blowing away from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Past, present, and future versions of the South Park figures—childhood’s tokens, mined and mined again—are made to converge around adulthood’s most representative, most depressing reality.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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In May, tennis fans in Panama hats converge on Roland Garros Stadium for the French Open.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Tree peonies, fern peonies, and woodland peonies bloom first; hybrid varieties, like true reds and corals, bloom mid-season; and other peonies bloom in the latter half of spring.—
Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
4 June 2026
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The project was designed to develop new business opportunities by connecting fashion, tourism, hospitality and lifestyle through a hybrid concept combining showroom presentations, pop-up experiences, and events.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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Stiller even made showing up to the media duties special for Knicks coach Mike Brown, who finally got to meet Stiller.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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Xi and Kim last met in September, when the North Korean leader was among a host of global leaders at a military parade in Beijing – with Kim seated next to Xi for the event.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Conglomerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerate. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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