Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolists
Noun
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More and more, retailers are using predictive analytics to forecast demand, reduce out-of-stocks and manage complex compliance rules.—
Aisha Alves,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Unsurprisingly, these silhouettes are already trickling down to retailers, making the trend accessible at every price point.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Glamour,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even better, the brand’s best-sellers are available at Amazon.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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With corporate ownership, the corporations pay cash and the sellers benefit by getting their money immediately.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For example, the brand is looking at vendors for tops who are closer to the point of distribution.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Feb. 2026
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The evening promised a few local art vendors and a mystery screening of a 1980s horror movie.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Fostering more price transparency and addressing cost inefficiencies created by middlemen will certainly ease some financial pain, particularly for prescription drugs.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, the remaining luxury consumers are increasingly buying from the brands themselves, cutting out middlemen like department stores.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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On January 8th, the twelfth day of mass protests in Iran, which began when shopkeepers, responding to runaway inflation, closed Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the Iranian government shut down public access to the internet, further shrouding an already largely closed society.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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Iran’s regime has been trying to crack down on the protests, which began in late December with shopkeepers and bazaar merchants demonstrating against accelerating inflation and the collapse of the rial.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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BlackRock’s purchases of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in 2024 and private credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in 2025, for more than $24 billion in cash and stock combined, catapulted it into the top five global alternatives providers.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Apple Music is doubling its penalties to content providers who are caught engaging in streaming fraud, the service confirms to The Hollywood Reporter, in a move that the platform’s chief Oliver Schusser says reflect’s Apple Music’s goals of outright ending streaming fraud on the platform.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
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Operating at the extreme fringes is also an effective strategy for maximizing exposure in the algorithm, which explains why popular influencers such as the Nelk Boys and Jake Paul started their YouTube careers as prank peddlers, before leaning into more overtly political content.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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Yet the primary data required for compliance—fiber origin, material composition, chemical inputs—are generated and held upstream by suppliers and processors.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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Eco effort Sustainability has clearly been considered here—there’s a lack of plastic, and restaurant suppliers are kept local wherever possible—but the hotel could do a better job at communicating its eco credentials to guests.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Monopolists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolists. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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