monopolist

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Recent Examples of monopolist So not only did Google walk away with a slap on the wrist—this opinion also propped up another monopolist, Apple, that is currently getting sued by the very same DOJ. Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 As opposed to a monopolist with Chrome, Google has been adapting it to a future that in no way resembles the present. John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 This is the wrongest would-be train monopolist George Russell has ever been, and that’s saying something for a man who fired the one person who knows all his business secrets. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025 Which brings me back to Musk, whose businesses are fast becoming among the government’s largest contract monopolists. Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for monopolist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolist
Noun
  • Between March and September 2024, investigators reportedly made 11 narcotics purchases, primarily fentanyl, from various sellers, including Echevarria, according to court records.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The attendee also said the provision could limit the ability of real estate agents to get the best price for the seller.
    Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There will also be a children’s area, a beer and sake garden, food for sale and merchant vendors.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • This year, more than 60 food vendors filled the Monte Carlo Ballroom parking lot in Norcross.
    Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In this context — and as key retailers like Ssense falter — Rusadze’s business has contracted in recent years.
    Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The city has about 340 tobacco retailers.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Although competition among storekeepers can be fierce, Mateo sees U.B.A. as a marketplace of ideas.
    H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In 2017, following an overwhelming number of complaints from visitors and storekeepers about vulgar language and intimidation tactics, the city had to once again enforce an ordinance to keep the hawkers in separate areas.
    Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Protests broke out first in Tehran’s bazaars, as merchants and shopkeepers took to the streets in anger.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
  • On my most recent trip, the stalls’ shopkeepers—a new mother and an older woman sitting under an umbrella in the beating sun—were happy to discuss the migrant problem.
    Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The retail chain began as a coat wholesaler in 1924 in New Jersey, opened its first retail store in 1972, according to Burlington’s website.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee Updated March 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The wholesaler's same-store sales have had good momentum, as shown in their monthly reports.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There is no middleman, no insurance company.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Clase’s lawyers also requested severance from another co-defendant, Robinson Vasquez Germosen, who is accused of serving as a middleman between Clase and bettors in the Dominican Republic.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Brito said some airports have proportionately higher jet fuel consumption, pointing to Singapore and Frankfurt, so concentration and distance from suppliers create an additional layer of market jitters that is reflected in current prices.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Earlier this winter, China and India were demanding a discount of between twenty and thirty dollars a barrel on Russian crude, a reflection of sanctions and shipping risks; now, with Russia’s sudden reëmergence as an essential supplier, its oil has been trading at a premium in some markets.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026

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“Monopolist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolist. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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