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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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conglomerate

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verb

conglomerate

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adjective

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Recent Examples of conglomerate
Noun
More striking is conglomerate Danaher (DHR), whose commons yield a paltry 0.4% while its Series B Preferreds dole out a cool 5%. Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 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
Verb
The show follows a group of synths that belongs to a conglomerate called Prodigy and its founder, Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin). Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025 Year over year, Warren Buffet’s conglomerate experienced a 4% drop in second-quarter earnings to $11.16 billion. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Hitachi Also on Goldman’s list is conglomerate Hitachi which operates in industries ranging from power and renewable energy to railway services and healthcare products. Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 11 Aug. 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 See All Example Sentences for conglomerate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerate
Noun
  • From building a beauty empire to navigating purpose through pain, Monique shares the lessons, leaps of faith, and leadership tools that have shaped her journey.
    Essence, Essence, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Without a studio deal or traditional packaging, the young trio’s goal has been to build an independent empire from the backstreets of London to the heart of Hollywood.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.
    Mark Cooper, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Andy Buchanan | Afp | Getty Images As the U.S. vice president’s journey continued into Scotland, police were once more present — this time watching out for people who had gathered to witness Vance touch down.
    Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • These unexplored altitudes are also where satellites burn up during their reentries and where the air pollution produced during their incineration accumulates.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Better cognitive function: Research has shown that sleeping on your side helps the body clear brain waste that accumulates in the central nervous system.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Titan suffered a catastrophic implosion due to structural failure of its carbon fiber composite pressure hull and the carbon fiber hull showed signs of fatigue and delamination in testing before the fatal dive.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Build a composite knowledge engine that indexes, vectorizes and fuses both dynamically based on use cases.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On Rosh Hashanah of 1944, Fernande met a young American Jewish soldier named David Snegg at the Grand Synagogue in Paris.
    Marc Snegg, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In addition to addressing the crowd, Eminem also met some fans and hung out with a few, again thanking them for their support over the past quarter century.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Plain, old hybrid vehicles, sometimes called HEVs, also come with gas engines plus electric motors.
    Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • There's no belt drive; the 400 V hybrid system powers the air conditioning electrically now via its 1.9 kWh lithium-ion battery, and the water pump is integrated into the engine block.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • After Hamas massacred some 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023, the Israeli settler right converged on a plan.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • As systems digitize and markets converge on uniform inputs, capital allocation often becomes more correlated and more reactive.
    Jay Mehta, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Chasing Apophis On paper, at least, NASA has a plan to rendezvous with Apophis.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
  • After his New Horizons spacecraft rendezvoused with Pluto, the agency bestowed its highest honor on him - the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025

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“Conglomerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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