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
After prohibition, a few producers monopolized beer for decades.
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Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 1 Feb. 2026
McClatchy Media Company filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Google, alleging the tech company is undercutting its business by illegally monopolizing the online advertisement market, according to a federal complaint.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
Pahlavi’s office has published a road map for a transitional government that sharply contrasts with his public claims of not seeking to monopolize power.
—Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026
Businesses with links to the IRGC became Iran’s sanction-circumventing apparatus, controlling imports, managing currency exchanges, and monopolizing access to restricted goods.
—Narges Bajoghli, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 1 Feb. 2026
McClatchy Media Company filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Google, alleging the tech company is undercutting its business by illegally monopolizing the online advertisement market, according to a federal complaint.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
Pahlavi’s office has published a road map for a transitional government that sharply contrasts with his public claims of not seeking to monopolize power.
—Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026
Businesses with links to the IRGC became Iran’s sanction-circumventing apparatus, controlling imports, managing currency exchanges, and monopolizing access to restricted goods.
—Narges Bajoghli, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolize
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Love may be in the air this Valentine’s Day, but Berlin had better get ready to be consumed by Lust.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ogden consumed Newell’s videos like candy.—
Bill Donahue,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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An assistant under Bradley and Cherundolo, Dos Santos’ first-choice tactics will be to possess the ball, counterpress and defend as far as possible from the LAFC goal, thus dominating games while attacking more through the inside with a 4-2-3-1 formation.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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And China already possesses the world’s-largest fleet of destroyers, frigates and surface combatants.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Bipartisan skepticism of corporate power comes and goes in America, but the latest wave has roots in the parallel streams flowing from the Great Financial Crisis, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Kids will have a blast at the Seaport Museum next door, especially when exploring the mock-village section and tall-mast whaling ship.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Monopolize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolize. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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