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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as in composite
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Juliana M. Reed, STAT, 1 Aug. 2024
The populist positioning pitted Harris against monopolistic conglomerates, firmly entrenching her on the side of average businesses and consumers.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 18 Aug. 2024
Dan Rys, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
The pair’s first extravehicular activity—as astronauts call such trips outside their spacecraft—turned up mostly breccias, conglomerate rocks created by the meteorite impacts that actually formed most lunar mountains.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
Incidentally, the name in question—conglomerate Wanda—is still fresh from cutting its stadium rights relationship with modern-day La Liga giant Atlético Madrid.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 July 2022
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Noun
These middlemen in the prescription drug process — led by three conglomerates (Express Scripts, CVS Caremark, and OptumRx) currently being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission — control 80% of the prescription drug marketplace.
—Juliana M. Reed, STAT, 1 Aug. 2024
The populist positioning pitted Harris against monopolistic conglomerates, firmly entrenching her on the side of average businesses and consumers.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 18 Aug. 2024
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Ultimately, giant conglomerates Apple, Google and Amazon entered the streaming space and, alongside Spotify, swallowed up market share, edging TIDAL increasingly toward the margins.
—Dan Rys, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
The pair’s first extravehicular activity—as astronauts call such trips outside their spacecraft—turned up mostly breccias, conglomerate rocks created by the meteorite impacts that actually formed most lunar mountains.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
Adjective
Record first-quarter earnings of $200 million at engineering conglomerate DMCI Holdings lifted the fortune of Isidro Consunji and siblings by 47% to $2.65 billion.
—Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
Incidentally, the name in question—conglomerate Wanda—is still fresh from cutting its stadium rights relationship with modern-day La Liga giant Atlético Madrid.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 July 2022
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“Conglomerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.
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