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
Dave Schilling
contributing
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
In fact, the economies of scale created by a tie-up would allow the new company to take the necessary risks to remain competitive against the multinational technology conglomerates that currently dominate streaming, thereby preventing even further market concentration in media production.
—Alexander Ciccone, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Beauty conglomerates like L’Oreal and Shiseido are shifting their strategies to meet the moment online, where preventative Botox in your 20s has become the norm.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
The organisers can be international crime conglomerates or opportunistic chancers, its markets veering from last-minute own goals to a couple of extra throw-ins.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 June 2026
Others are subsidiaries of conglomerates, known as bonyads, that answer to the clergy.
—Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Some experts have noted that demergers are becoming a trend among Indian conglomerates as these giants grapple with strategies on how to move quickly, lower costs, and stay competitive in specialized industries.
—Charlotte Hu, Time, 28 May 2026
That evolution can be traced back to long before the current era of global luxury conglomerates and celebrity creative directors.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
James Brocklebank has spent nearly three decades making billion-dollar bets on companies most investors would never touch — carve-outs from struggling conglomerates, businesses buried inside bureaucratic giants, deals closed at the height of a pandemic.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
Noun
Other huge fashion conglomerates like LVMH and Kering have grown in such a way that sometimes the individual brands lose their distinctiveness.
—Dave Schilling
contributing
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
In fact, the economies of scale created by a tie-up would allow the new company to take the necessary risks to remain competitive against the multinational technology conglomerates that currently dominate streaming, thereby preventing even further market concentration in media production.
—Alexander Ciccone, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Beauty conglomerates like L’Oreal and Shiseido are shifting their strategies to meet the moment online, where preventative Botox in your 20s has become the norm.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
The organisers can be international crime conglomerates or opportunistic chancers, its markets veering from last-minute own goals to a couple of extra throw-ins.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 June 2026
Others are subsidiaries of conglomerates, known as bonyads, that answer to the clergy.
—Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Some experts have noted that demergers are becoming a trend among Indian conglomerates as these giants grapple with strategies on how to move quickly, lower costs, and stay competitive in specialized industries.
—Charlotte Hu, Time, 28 May 2026
That evolution can be traced back to long before the current era of global luxury conglomerates and celebrity creative directors.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
James Brocklebank has spent nearly three decades making billion-dollar bets on companies most investors would never touch — carve-outs from struggling conglomerates, businesses buried inside bureaucratic giants, deals closed at the height of a pandemic.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerates
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After pushing employees to find ways to integrate AI into their daily work, corporations are now grappling with the rising costs of all those tokens, and some are limiting which employees can use specific AI tools.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
3 June 2026
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His top priorities include affordability, childcare accessibility and taxing billionaires and corporations.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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The festival gathers experts, speakers and thinkers from the worlds of music, film, TV, tech and culture.—
Mary Wenthur,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
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The rides will be free for a limited time while Waymo gathers feedback and refines the experience.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 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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In consumer robotics, the platform vendor accumulates the data.—
Ashutosh Saxena,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The city has been under many empires over history.—
Dan Mangan,Emma Graham,Hugh Leask,Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman Fertitta is acquiring Caesars Entertainment for almost $6 billion, a merger that would create one of the largest gaming empires.—
Jessica Hill,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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What the science converges on is neither dietary maximalism nor minimalism, but diversity.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Rue escapes, but the DEA converges on Laurie's compound.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 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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Think Woodstock lodge meets the French Alps meets Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the winter where classic rock 'n' roll tunes from the likes of Springsteen and The Stones add to its cozy retro vibe.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Eventually Erica Kane meets Dimitri, and they get married and divorced and married again.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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All these years later, Kaye assembles his footage, receipts, and memories of the period for what promises to be an intensely personal and provocative documentary.—
Jason Bailey,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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Apple, for example, designs its phones in California, but assembles them in areas like China and India with components from international suppliers.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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