monopolists

plural of monopolist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolists
Noun
  • Halloween is right around the corner, and some retailers are able to deliver costumes and party supplies to customers within an hour for any last-minute needs.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • His professional career began as a jewelry designer whose work was sold by prestige retailers.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The mini-drama trend started out predominantly in Asia but has expanded globally of late, and was a big discussion point at the recent MIPCOM Cannes as commissioners and sellers look to take advantage.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • They are expected to be sellers at the trade deadline, but bringing in Lockett signals that may not be the case.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Book directly with vendors While third-party sites are great for tracking trends and comparing prices, travelers should be mindful of extra fees that can push them over budget.
    Essence, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The companies behind these platforms are basically middlemen, connecting their users with businesses that want to make money from these users.
    NPR, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In South Tehran, the price of basic household staples like rice has nearly quadrupled, according to shopkeepers and residents.
    Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But, locally, even a temporary closure of CalFresh will push a flood of hungry people toward free food providers, a countywide network of roughly 600 food pantries and food banks.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Evaluators also recommended close supervision by a judge or case manager and a collaborative relationship between the court and treatment providers, all things San Diego’s current Proposition 36 court lacks.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Investor Carl Icahn, for instance, attempted to install board members at McDonald’s to change how its suppliers treated pregnant pigs—a cause raised by his daughter, an animal rights advocate.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • 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
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“Monopolists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolists. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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