as in conglomerates
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 empires
Their empires cracked, their shadows receded, and their names faded into cautionary tales.
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John Hope Bryant, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Writers and rulers across Europe and the Americas have looked back to Virgil’s epic as a model for their own founding myths, in the construction of new nations, new colonies, new empires.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
CEOs cling to size because empires feel safer.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Even in a world where self-made creators build empires before Hollywood comes begging, pay-for-play institutions have their place.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
All of this is a strong echo of the rise of social-media giants, digital empires that have influenced the outcomes of elections and stoked some of the worst human impulses imaginable.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
But ultimately, it's created a lot of yammering and once everyone went to video and once old school mainstream show business started to collapse in on itself, people were really able through bubbles and tribalization, able to build their own show business empires.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
As old empires and kingdoms dissolved and capitalist economies took hold, Jews were among the most visible beneficiaries of these massive social transformations.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Feeding their massive media empires, media barons like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer competed for readership by printing sensationalist stories, gossip, and exaggerated claims.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
John Hope Bryant, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Writers and rulers across Europe and the Americas have looked back to Virgil’s epic as a model for their own founding myths, in the construction of new nations, new colonies, new empires.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
CEOs cling to size because empires feel safer.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Even in a world where self-made creators build empires before Hollywood comes begging, pay-for-play institutions have their place.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025
All of this is a strong echo of the rise of social-media giants, digital empires that have influenced the outcomes of elections and stoked some of the worst human impulses imaginable.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
But ultimately, it's created a lot of yammering and once everyone went to video and once old school mainstream show business started to collapse in on itself, people were really able through bubbles and tribalization, able to build their own show business empires.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
As old empires and kingdoms dissolved and capitalist economies took hold, Jews were among the most visible beneficiaries of these massive social transformations.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Feeding their massive media empires, media barons like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer competed for readership by printing sensationalist stories, gossip, and exaggerated claims.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empires
conglomerates
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And yet, such claims have continued to be common in M&A activity, whether spanning industries, like conglomerates, or staying within an industry.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In a luxury industry almost entirely controlled by gargantuan conglomerates like LVMH and Kering, Armani was a rare holdout, managing to retain its independence a private company.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Empires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empires. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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