monopolist

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Recent Examples of monopolist 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 The Department of Justice is demanding that corrective measures be imposed after its antitrust case against Google found the tech giant to be a monopolist in general search. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 July 2025 Musk’s goal wasn’t to achieve the banal status of monopolist. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025 Shifting costs In much of the U.S., utilities are monopolists. Eliza Martin, The Conversation, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for monopolist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolist
Noun
  • If the sale is canceled, the seller may be able to keep the earnest money deposit, depending on state law.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Dreamland's Secret Recipe Now offered in all 11 locations, banana pudding is a top-three seller for the business.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In that case, the decline is largely because vendors are not sending it enough merchandise given recent delays in getting payment from the debt-laden company.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • On the hardware side over 10+ million devices have been built around a recovery phrase by default, entrenching a market expectation in which seed phrases are the go-to recovery method, even as some vendors add alternatives.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The retailer did not respond to a request for comment.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Fortune has previously reported that retailers lock in holiday assortments months in advance, and 2025’s tariff volatility has forced last‑minute reorders, product cuts, and pricing shifts—conditions that especially strain small operators with thin margins and limited credit lines.
    Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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
  • Late risers in pajamas walked their dogs, two men squabbled over a parking spot, and neighbors and shopkeepers went about their routines.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But the shopkeeper, the restaurateur, the hairdresser—those whose livelihoods depended on open doors and face-to-face contact—saw their incomes collapse overnight.
    Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their business partner, Adam Brosius, 61, from Palm Beach County, owned part of Safe Chain and another wholesaler, Worldwide Pharma Sales Group, in Delray Beach, which helped find suppliers of HIV drugs and pharmacy customers.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the people thronging the market were there to buy gold coins or bars — not jewelry — Mahavir Kothari, a wholesaler of precious metals in Zaveri Bazaar told CNBC.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This makes dark matter effectively invisible, meaning the only way scientists can infer its presence is by observing its gravitational effects and then watching how that acts as a middleman and impacts light and ordinary matter.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • These content delivery middlemen, plus the tech companies themselves, are increasingly reaching out directly to individuals for their years of lengthy videos.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Key West native Mario Palazon of FreshCo Fish Market & Grill in Kendall, who has been in the seafood wholesale business for more than 20 years, says that his suppliers have been catching a record number of crabs.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Cross-border supplier payments represent the largest category.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Monopolist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolist. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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