as in consumed
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 monopolized
In addition to her astonishing Billboard 200 debut with Showgirl, Swift has also monopolized all 10 spots in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with songs from the new album.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
In April, Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized ad exchanges – which conduct lightning fast auctions that connect advertisers to websites with ad space – as well as tools used by sites to manage the inventory of space for sale, known as ad servers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Their words painted a portrait of someone who micromanaged, monopolized the spotlight and rarely recognized individual contributions.
—Bill Koch, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Judge Amit Mehta ruled last year that Google illegally monopolized online search and advertising by paying companies like Apple and Samsung billions of dollars a year to install Google as the default search engine on smartphones and web browsers.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The nuts in particular could travel well and were highly prized in China, India, and Europe for more than a millennia before the Dutch monopolized the Spice Islands in the early seventeenth century.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Google’s own fate is up in the air as a federal judge weighs what remedies should follow from the 2024 ruling that Google had illegally monopolized the search market.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
In April, Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized ad exchanges – which conduct lightning fast auctions that connect advertisers to websites with ad space – as well as tools used by sites to manage the inventory of space for sale, known as ad servers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Their words painted a portrait of someone who micromanaged, monopolized the spotlight and rarely recognized individual contributions.
—Bill Koch, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Judge Amit Mehta ruled last year that Google illegally monopolized online search and advertising by paying companies like Apple and Samsung billions of dollars a year to install Google as the default search engine on smartphones and web browsers.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The nuts in particular could travel well and were highly prized in China, India, and Europe for more than a millennia before the Dutch monopolized the Spice Islands in the early seventeenth century.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Google’s own fate is up in the air as a federal judge weighs what remedies should follow from the 2024 ruling that Google had illegally monopolized the search market.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolized
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It’s commonly consumed in South American countries like Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
19 Oct. 2025
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Consumers may return the product to their local Publix store for a full refund, regardless of whether the product has been opened or consumed.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Likewise, evil will not be defeated by the emergence of an individual Chosen One, a lone hero possessed of a wand powerful enough to subdue his enemy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 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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On two occasions in recent months, the Oakland City Council has had the opportunity to leave ABC behind and award the contract to Allied Universal, the world’s largest private security provider.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Blake Treinen got a pop-up and a strikeout to get out of that inning and now has had five effective outings in his six postseason appearances, after a miserable September.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Businesses owned by Native Americans or people who identify as Middle Eastern or North African did not receive any city dollars during the study period, or at least not enough to register as a percentage of the total, Bawa said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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The expansion club owned the tiebreaker by virtue of having more regular-season wins (19) than Vancouver (18).—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Monopolized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolized. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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