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.
—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
Noun
As one of the world’s largest spirits conglomerates, the company certainly had access to some choice, well-aged stocks.
—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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Bringing corporations to the table One of the proposal’s principle architects said advocates for the tax increase had faced long odds from the start.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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Bob Swindell, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, told commissioners there are three corporations looking to bid on the same property, and the county does not want to be seen as competing with them instead of luring them to South Florida.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
16 June 2026
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Taking place on the Summer Solstice at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, the event gathers dozens of the world’s preeminent experimental musicians to perform in a stunning columbarium designed by Julia Morgan.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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Hegel redefined the dialectic as a process of assertion, negation, and synthesis that gathers force through history.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Plastic accumulates in our oceans and on our beaches, killing seabirds, sea turtles and other marine mammals.—
Kelley Dennings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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But as an artist accumulates experiences, the attentive listener starts to carry that baggage with them, particularly as artists spend more and more time selling the self than the art.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
16 June 2026
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The Europeans will either become vassals of those empires or learn to stand on their own.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi built commercial empires by transcending the game.—
Clemente Lisi,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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In the morning, one of the creeks that converges with the Guadalupe on the camp’s 700 or so acres was too high for the older girls who bunk on Senior Hill to cross.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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When the two AIs eventually merge, what converges is identity.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The historical profile again clusters tightly.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
12 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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Lightweight summer texture meets a structured, work-worthy shape.—
Aemilia Madden,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
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Kelley Dennings is a campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity and a leading member of the Food Code and Reuse Committee, which meets regularly to advocate for reuse-friendly state and federal food code changes and reuse infrastructure.—
Kelley Dennings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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The crew assembles prominent figures from the Ghibli pipeline alongside newer talent.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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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.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
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“Conglomerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerates. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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