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
  • To the average consumer, converging with the world’s most prominent marketplace may not seem dire, but its anticompetitive practices can be especially brutal on these sellers.
    Mara Weinraub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Full disclosure, Deadline and TIFF worked together on a networking event in Cannes as the latter continued its outreach to TV buyers and sellers.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The vendor said some other things that were unintelligible because of the overlap between her live speech and the lagging translation.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There will be trick-or-treating, costume contests, spook-tacular inflatables, Halloween crafts and vendor booths to connect with families with community resources.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Separately, the National Football League chose Abercrombie & Fitch to be its first ever fashion partner with the retailer carrying merchandise such as mesh T-shirts and half-zip sweaters for each of the 32 NFL teams.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to Aldi, several nationwide retailers, including Target, Walmart and Kroger, typically offer Thanksgiving meal promotions for shoppers looking for more bang for their buck.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 15 Oct. 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
  • Unlike the tailors, sailors, and shopkeepers who took up arms against them, the British forces were professional soldiers.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Likely proceedings include early motions targeting the NYPD as a non-suable entity, challenges to the Monell policy claims against the city, qualified immunity defenses for individual officers, and shopkeeper’s privilege and defamation challenges from Target.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That translates into an opportunity for Costco to expand its share of the market, and membership rolls, by targeting a customer segment who might not have thought of the wholesaler as a place to buy home furnishings or high-end products before.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The shop forwards your order to a manufacturer or wholesaler.
    Kurt Knutsson may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links., FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The middlemen, known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, have been around since the late 1960s and serve as intermediaries between drug manufacturers and health insurance providers.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Congress has heard these complaints and introduced reforms to correct for this anticompetitive behavior, but employers can seize this authority now and set no middleman contracts between company and drug manufacturer.
    Bobby Jindal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the state legislature later passed a shield law allowing officials to keep lethal injection drug suppliers private.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The cheapest supplier may no longer be the safest, most economically sustainable choice, and increasingly complex and less transparent corporate structures may obscure the particular risk profile of third parties.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Monopolist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolist. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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