monopolist

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Recent Examples of monopolist The remedy phase of Google's antitrust trial is underway, with the government angling to realign Google's business after the company was ruled a search monopolist. ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025 On Monday, the government argued in a landmark antitrust trial that both acquisitions — now considered among the greatest in Silicon Valley history — were the actions of a monopolist guarding his turf. Mike Isaac, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Bottom line Jim said this acquisition does not pose an antitrust threat but may draw regulatory scrutiny because Google was deemed a monopolist by the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden . Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025 In that matter, the FTC sought to restore competition by unwinding an anticompetitive merger of two hospitals that created a regional monopolist in Georgia. Alden Abbott, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for monopolist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolist
Noun
  • General oversaturation of the country’s marijuana market is causing similar pullbacks in other states previously seen as gold mines for legal cannabis sellers, like California.
    The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • What Companies Like About Their Cloud Service While executives put vendor reputation further down the list of priorities when shopping for cloud services, that doesn’t mean sellers should be complacent.
    Forbes Research, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Entertainment spans across four stages, more than 250 vendors line the streets and, of course, there’s food, drink and drag.
    Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • For instance, in accounts payable, bots now ingest and reconcile invoices, while finance staff step in only for anomalies or policy exceptions—freeing up time for vendor negotiations and strategic planning.
    Dutt Kalluri, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • By Richard Sine The personalized customer experience that came naturally to shopkeepers of the past is generally missing in today’s rapidly changing consumer landscape.
    Acxiom Contributor, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Most worked as artisans and shopkeepers, and a handful became quite wealthy through trade and real estate.
    Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Japanese farmers, wholesalers and retailers that ABC News spoke with echoed the sentiments the statistics show.
    Ellie Kaufman, ABC News, 31 July 2025
  • Kirkland Signature Marshmallow Crispy Cookies hit the shelves earlier this month and have gone viral, with members racing to the wholesaler to grab the 24-count box of cookies, which cost $9.99 in stores.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Anyone wishing to bypass the middleman and go directly to Brown’s GoFundMe page can do so at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bruce-battle-rare-blood-cancer.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
  • But now, photographers are cutting out the middleman and investing in themselves.
    Jon-Michael Banks, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2025

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“Monopolist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolist. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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