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
If empires could assign names to vast mountain ranges—Hindu Kush, from the Persian kushtan, to kill—with administrative casualness, as if naming could override geological fact, why not render those summits as battered cookware?
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Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
As decolonization transformed fading colonial empires into a hundred new nations, rival superpowers dispatched covert operatives, latter-day men on the spot, to win over those emerging states by any means necessary.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Around the world, states and empires – from the Indus Valley Civilization to the Vikings, Mongols, Mississippians and Incas – expanded these networks, serving as hubs that coordinated the exchange of raw materials, specialized knowledge and finished products.
—R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
While many celebrities have turned their love for makeup and skin care into revenue-driving empires, Taylor Swift rarely spills the secrets of her beauty routine.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 23 Feb. 2026
But as all empires inevitably do, the good times stop.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
With European empires crumbling, Roosevelt faced a delicate diplomatic dance with Greenland.
—Thomas Robertson, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
There are guys that build real estate empires and go back to school.
—Mike Kaye
february 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
And, lately, the country’s ultrarich have been behaving like modern-day land barons, quietly assembling empires measured not just in acres but in square miles and state sizes.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
As decolonization transformed fading colonial empires into a hundred new nations, rival superpowers dispatched covert operatives, latter-day men on the spot, to win over those emerging states by any means necessary.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Around the world, states and empires – from the Indus Valley Civilization to the Vikings, Mongols, Mississippians and Incas – expanded these networks, serving as hubs that coordinated the exchange of raw materials, specialized knowledge and finished products.
—R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
While many celebrities have turned their love for makeup and skin care into revenue-driving empires, Taylor Swift rarely spills the secrets of her beauty routine.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 23 Feb. 2026
But as all empires inevitably do, the good times stop.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
With European empires crumbling, Roosevelt faced a delicate diplomatic dance with Greenland.
—Thomas Robertson, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
There are guys that build real estate empires and go back to school.
—Mike Kaye
february 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
And, lately, the country’s ultrarich have been behaving like modern-day land barons, quietly assembling empires measured not just in acres but in square miles and state sizes.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empires
conglomerates
Noun
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Androulakis, on the other hand, worked in product development for a handful of conglomerates.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the idea that throwing a little money at them might begin to erase the environmental harm wrought by two vast global conglomerates is beyond absurd.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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