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
Billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman Fertitta is acquiring Caesars Entertainment for almost $6 billion, a merger that would create one of the largest gaming empires.
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Jessica Hill, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Donald Newhouse, the billionaire newspaper publisher who helped oversee one of America’s most powerful media empires and whose family name remains synonymous with Condé Nast, has died at 96.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
There was a global economic crisis, stagflation and many countries that had emerged from broken European empires were demanding a fairer political economy.
—Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Titans fall and new empires rise.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 23 May 2026
In MobLand, two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Brother Lawrence Washington’s military service doubtless turned George’s British empires eyes in that direction, yet the temporary nature of Lawrence’s service gave George little more than a taste of what a life at arms entailed.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
And Roosevelt explained in his summer radio addresses of 1941 that if the Germans win the war, the United States becomes an island within the world, with hostile empires dominating most of the world’s landmass.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Born in the Bronx in 1939, Lauren famously started by selling neckties out of a drawer in the Empire State Building before building one of the world’s most recognizable lifestyle empires.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Jessica Hill, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Donald Newhouse, the billionaire newspaper publisher who helped oversee one of America’s most powerful media empires and whose family name remains synonymous with Condé Nast, has died at 96.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
There was a global economic crisis, stagflation and many countries that had emerged from broken European empires were demanding a fairer political economy.
—Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Titans fall and new empires rise.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 23 May 2026
In MobLand, two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Brother Lawrence Washington’s military service doubtless turned George’s British empires eyes in that direction, yet the temporary nature of Lawrence’s service gave George little more than a taste of what a life at arms entailed.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
And Roosevelt explained in his summer radio addresses of 1941 that if the Germans win the war, the United States becomes an island within the world, with hostile empires dominating most of the world’s landmass.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Born in the Bronx in 1939, Lauren famously started by selling neckties out of a drawer in the Empire State Building before building one of the world’s most recognizable lifestyle empires.
—Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empires
conglomerates
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Others are subsidiaries of conglomerates, known as bonyads, that answer to the clergy.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Some experts have noted that demergers are becoming a trend among Indian conglomerates as these giants grapple with strategies on how to move quickly, lower costs, and stay competitive in specialized industries.—
Charlotte Hu,
Time,
28 May 2026
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“Empires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empires. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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