as in to consume
to have complete control over
it is illegal in the United States to monopolize an entire industry you shouldn't monopolize the exercise equipment while others are waiting to use it
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Recent Examples of monopolize
India’s remaining Muslims protected themselves by forging an alliance with the Congress Party—Gandhi and Nehru’s group, which monopolized national politics for fifty years.
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
On Monday, Google will square off against the Justice Department and dozens of state attorneys general in a Washington court room over what changes the judge will order to prevent the company from monopolizing the online search market.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Port operations should be right-sized to serve the unique function that BMT would provide to the regional goods distribution network without monopolizing the entire site.
—Tiffany-Ann Taylor, New York Daily News, 5 May 2025
In a huge win last year, the government persuaded a federal judge that Google illegally monopolized the internet search market, which therefore gave all future cases against Alphabet a leg up.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
On Monday, Google will square off against the Justice Department and dozens of state attorneys general in a Washington court room over what changes the judge will order to prevent the company from monopolizing the online search market.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
Port operations should be right-sized to serve the unique function that BMT would provide to the regional goods distribution network without monopolizing the entire site.
—Tiffany-Ann Taylor, New York Daily News, 5 May 2025
In a huge win last year, the government persuaded a federal judge that Google illegally monopolized the internet search market, which therefore gave all future cases against Alphabet a leg up.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolize
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Endless arguments could consume tons of precious computing cycles.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Recipes for everything from ceviche mixto with popcorn (!) to flan to sweet plantains are sure to delight, and the book’s chatty, convivial tone is likely to linger in your mind long after the meal has been consumed and the dreaded dinner dishes are done.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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No monarch ever actually possessed a divine touch (or donkey ears), but historical records indicate at least two men with the name Midas oversaw the Phrygian kingdom during the first millennium BCE.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
12 June 2025
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The Solar Orbiter observations also revealed that while the equator of the sun, where the most sunspots appear, possesses the strongest magnetic fields, those at the poles of our star have a complex and ever-changing structure.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 June 2025
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At 18, Neave already has a League Cup winners’ medal, despite having yet to make a first-team appearance.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Prospective candidates had until May 30 to submit their applications.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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“Monopolize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolize. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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