as in corporations
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 gathers
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 accumulates
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 conglomerates
Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
With their multiple revenue streams and questionable channels, cable and media conglomerates may have been greedy, but their greed was mutually beneficial to all.
—Jennifer Silverman, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
The hype around OpenClaw has prompted other Chinese tech conglomerates to launch their own versions, with names like DuClaw, QClaw and ArkClaw.
—CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit has fallen to us because the big conglomerates are afraid to upset the administration by putting their names on a legal complaint.
—Ori Zohar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Obamacare made insurance companies and hospital conglomerates rich.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Many of beauty’s leading conglomerates have their sights on India for 2026.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026
That system hit at the core structural problems in the financial markets, creating deposit insurance, prohibiting financial conglomerates, and creating simple structural limits on bank activities.
—Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
Broadcast licenses remain one of the few pressure points the federal government still has over major media companies — particularly because those licenses are directly tied to local stations owned by national conglomerates.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
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Long after other smaller kids producers like Hanna-Barbera had sold out to conglomerates, the Kroffts were still developing shows as the last of the great 1960s independents.
—Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
With their multiple revenue streams and questionable channels, cable and media conglomerates may have been greedy, but their greed was mutually beneficial to all.
—Jennifer Silverman, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
The hype around OpenClaw has prompted other Chinese tech conglomerates to launch their own versions, with names like DuClaw, QClaw and ArkClaw.
—CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit has fallen to us because the big conglomerates are afraid to upset the administration by putting their names on a legal complaint.
—Ori Zohar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
Obamacare made insurance companies and hospital conglomerates rich.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Many of beauty’s leading conglomerates have their sights on India for 2026.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026
That system hit at the core structural problems in the financial markets, creating deposit insurance, prohibiting financial conglomerates, and creating simple structural limits on bank activities.
—Ganesh Sitaraman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
Broadcast licenses remain one of the few pressure points the federal government still has over major media companies — particularly because those licenses are directly tied to local stations owned by national conglomerates.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerates
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While working families struggle, our city’s ultra-wealthy and biggest corporations are enjoying record profits and tax breaks.—
Diana Moreno,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The survey shows a war inside big corporations as that rewiring is resisted at all levels.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The military had recourse to Claude via a drop-down menu in a workflow package, the Maven Smart System, which gathers, synthesizes, and streamlines intelligence.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The victim then gathers himself and walks over to the sidewalk to get the suspect's information.—
Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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On a cruise ship, the tote carries sunscreen, a change of clothes for port days, market finds, a book, and whatever else the day accumulates.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2026
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First, sleep allows the brain’s glymphatic system to clean out waste, such as beta-amyloid, that accumulates during waking hours, similar to how the lymphatic system clears waste from the rest of the body, Hwang said.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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And some have other, even more lucrative pieces of their empires, including merchandising, theme parks, hotels and cruise lines.—
Sarah Whitten,Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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Situated at the crossroads of empires — from Persian and Roman to Byzantine, Arab, and Ottoman — it has long been shaped by conquest and survival.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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The paper’s starkest finding is that labor’s share of GDP converges to zero.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Others were looking ahead to Geneva next month, when the industry converges for Watches and Wonders and the constellation of satellite events that now orbit it.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
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Liquidity cluster Wells Fargo added that most liquidity already clusters around the market open and close, making the idea of stretching trading hours even further counterproductive.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2025
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These two effects, together — of galaxies moving with varying speeds through environments of varying densities — make rich galaxy clusters the ideal environments to find galaxies that experience the greatest amounts of stripping from within them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
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Listen to song after song and his funny quirks turn repetitive, with an overreliance on bass-heavy Detroit-meets-Memphis Young & Turnt 2 type beats that sound straight off the CMG assembly line.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
15 Apr. 2026
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As passengers take their seats, crew members keep an eye on each row to ensure everyone meets the requirements.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Film at Lincoln Center, which hosts the fundraising event, annually assembles a colorful cast of past collaborators, maybe future ones, and admirers for this event, like last year pairing Dua Lipa and John Waters with Pedro Almodóvar.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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Hussaini assembles the shards of her home city of Kabul into a mosaic, honoring its history, culture, and future.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Conglomerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerates. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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