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
The Department of Justice sued in 2024 to seek a breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, accusing them of monopolizing markets across the live concert industry.
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Jody Godoy, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
The Justice Department and more than two dozen states sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation last year for allegedly monopolizing the live entertainment industry and driving up ticket prices.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
This helps ensure that no one monopolizes the event and that the more reserved employees have a chance to share.
—Chintan Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Particle sued Epic for allegedly defaming Particle and illegally monopolizing the market for electronic health records.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jody Godoy, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
The Justice Department and more than two dozen states sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation last year for allegedly monopolizing the live entertainment industry and driving up ticket prices.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
This helps ensure that no one monopolizes the event and that the more reserved employees have a chance to share.
—Chintan Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Particle sued Epic for allegedly defaming Particle and illegally monopolizing the market for electronic health records.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolize
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The term broadly refers to working out while consuming only slightly more calories than the body needs to maintain itself, and getting those calories from healthy sources.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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These facilities consume vast amounts of energy, much of it to stay cool, a problem that optical links can help mitigate These facilities consume vast amounts of energy, much of it to stay cool.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lewis was not allowed to possess guns due to two felony convictions, for assault in 2021 and false imprisonment earlier this year.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Because of this, ice bunkers were generally only utilized by social elites such as the royals, who possessed the necessary technological know-how and labor force.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
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The facility, which had about 80 employees, according to Hickman County Mayor Jim Bates, is about an hour southwest of Nashville, on the Hickman and Humphreys County lines.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Forgery is also about persuasion, and certain forgeries have specific attributes.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Monopolize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolize. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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