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
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
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Gas business booming Vernova emerged from GE CEO Larry Culp’s plan to rescue the ailing industrial conglomerate by splitting it into three independent companies focused on energy, aerospace and health care.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
At a societal level, cars can track where people go en masse, what roads are important, when people conglomerate, and the health of infrastructure.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 8 July 2024
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Noun
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
Verb
In the years after Sony acquired Columbia Pictures in 1989, there were some infamous integration pains, as the culture of the Japanese electronics conglomerate struggled to come to grips with Hollywood’s ways.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Gas business booming Vernova emerged from GE CEO Larry Culp’s plan to rescue the ailing industrial conglomerate by splitting it into three independent companies focused on energy, aerospace and health care.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Nvidia’s value chain extends to South Korea, namely, memory chip maker SK Hynix and conglomerate Samsung Electronics.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
At a societal level, cars can track where people go en masse, what roads are important, when people conglomerate, and the health of infrastructure.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 8 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerate
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One of them isn’t so small anymore, as Cal AI has taken off to become a $30 million empire.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Boyle's character, Arthur, was the eldest of the family who inherited half of his father's empire alongside his brother, Edward.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On Thursday, attendees including Chris Briney, Teyana Taylor and Scott Eastwood, among others, turned out alongside Chanel in-house perfumer creator Olivier Polge for the rooftop gathering off of Madison Square Park, boasting views of the skyline.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Militaries want robots that scout ahead, gather intelligence on beaches and littoral zones, and carry supplies during complex water-to-shore moves.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The Tigers accumulated 10 hits and four walks overall, but struck out 12 times and never scored again.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Though the houses are all very different, depicting different time periods and living styles, an emphasis is often put on maintaining the room in which the writer wrote, recreating it, or presenting a composite version of many different rooms the writer may have worked in throughout their lives.—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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As a general rule, vinyl made of wood plastic composite (WPC) and stone-plastic composite core (SPC) is waterproof, whereas luxury vinyl plank (LVP) and PVC vinyl are only water-resistant.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sarah and Chris Cooper, innkeepers of the Margin Street Inn, explained the balance of life in a town where global celebrity meets generations of tradition.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Hop on a train ride, meet cute animals at a petting zoo, play games and create crafts.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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All-wheel drive is standard, with either gasoline or plug-in hybrid power.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The multidimensional receiver has caught just six passes through three games and has taken just a handful of snaps in the backfield, after emerging as a hybrid weapon in Sean Payton’s offense last year.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The beams of this sturdy plot structure support the freewheeling improv performances that take place within, allowing for a final seamless narrative where all the disparate subplots converge.—
THR Staff,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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This means several hundred of these high-ranking officials are expected to converge upon the Marine base at once.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Only four days long, the mission stood out for demonstrating all of the skills needed to send astronauts to the moon, including rendezvousing and docking with an Agena target and the first successful spacewalks conducted by crewmate Buzz Aldrin.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
9 Aug. 2025
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On their way out of Belarus, the American convoy stopped on a village road to rendezvous with a van driven by the KGB.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Conglomerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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