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
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Yet sluggishness at the very top is masking dynamism throughout the rest of the list, as a new generation of firms—whether Vietnamese conglomerates, Singaporean banks, or once-loss-making digital platforms—is capturing a greater share of regional revenue and profits.
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Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
And in the 1960s, the conglomerates were able to march in.
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Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
That moment will complete the latest breakup of one of the conglomerates that defined US industry for decades.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
12 June 2026
Other huge fashion conglomerates like LVMH and Kering have grown in such a way that sometimes the individual brands lose their distinctiveness.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
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As one of the world’s largest spirits conglomerates, the company certainly had access to some choice, well-aged stocks.
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David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Yet sluggishness at the very top is masking dynamism throughout the rest of the list, as a new generation of firms—whether Vietnamese conglomerates, Singaporean banks, or once-loss-making digital platforms—is capturing a greater share of regional revenue and profits.
—
Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
And in the 1960s, the conglomerates were able to march in.
—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
That moment will complete the latest breakup of one of the conglomerates that defined US industry for decades.
—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
12 June 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerates
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Administrators plan to fulfill these benchmarks by organizing a collaborative network that shares resources among public university systems, private technology corporations, and the existing network of national laboratories.
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This factor was vastly dwarfed by organizational restructuring, budget cuts, and economic conditions, which are all far more standard explanations historically used by corporations to justify trimming jobs.
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As Leanne is left to deal with the aftermath, her family gathers to support her on her journey of starting over and navigating heartbreak in her 50s.
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In Joá, where the land gathers around the great presence of Pedra da Gávea—the mountain whose unmistakable form looms over Rio— before folding toward forest and sea, a level expanse of this scale feels equal parts modernist and surrealist.
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Snow accumulates during the winter and melts gradually through the spring and early summer, feeding rivers, reservoirs and streams over several months.
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The cost accumulates at a distance from the decision that created it.
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The Europeans will either become vassals of those empires or learn to stand on their own.
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi built commercial empires by transcending the game.
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The expansion converges with a sense of urgency among Democrats to be more aggressive on digital platforms, where audiences are increasingly concentrated.
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By the time everything converges, the original opportunity has been diluted by handoffs rather than sharpened through genuine collaboration.
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The historical profile again clusters tightly.
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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.
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Venezuela lies in a seismically active zone where the Caribbean Plate meets the South American Plate.
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The change would allow each of the country’s 36 states to create a police force that meets a minimum national requirement while the federal police retains control of counterterrorism, border patrol, organized crime and other national security issues.
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The crew assembles prominent figures from the Ghibli pipeline alongside newer talent.
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Travelers forward their confirmations, and the software assembles an organized trip timeline in one clear view, without the usual manual entry.
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“Conglomerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerates. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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