as in conglomerate
a group of businesses or enterprises under one control
the media mogul's empire consists of newspapers, TV stations, and cable companies
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Recent Examples of empire
Call it one less man headache for David Ellison’s media empire.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
In a study published today in Frontiers in Earth Science, the researchers analyzed a nearly 32-feet-long (10 meters) ice core containing atmospheric records spanning the Roman empire up to the mid-17th century.
—Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2026
Better, though, are the perspectives from the other side of the story, led by Jim Birges, whose father Big John was the architect of the plot, a retaliation for gambling debts that crushed his lucrative multi-million-dollar landscaping empire.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
But questions about the island and its place in Epstein’s sprawling financial empire have only grown in the years since his death.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
In a study published today in Frontiers in Earth Science, the researchers analyzed a nearly 32-feet-long (10 meters) ice core containing atmospheric records spanning the Roman empire up to the mid-17th century.
—Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2026
Better, though, are the perspectives from the other side of the story, led by Jim Birges, whose father Big John was the architect of the plot, a retaliation for gambling debts that crushed his lucrative multi-million-dollar landscaping empire.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
But questions about the island and its place in Epstein’s sprawling financial empire have only grown in the years since his death.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empire
conglomerate
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Though formally retired, Castro, 94, is Cuba’s ultimate authority, and his family is at the center of a communist regime in which the military controls vast economic assets through its conglomerate GAESA and has seats in all the important decision-making entities.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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As media companies consolidated and streaming replaced physical media revenue, most of these distributors disappeared or were absorbed into larger conglomerates.—
Ted Hope,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Empire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empire. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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