monopolist

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Recent Examples of monopolist Last week, a federal judge ruled that the Silicon Valley company is a monopolist that uses its market advantage to stifle search-engine competition. Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024 Antitrust lawyers from both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have brought five major suits against big tech’s alleged monopolist practices. Peter Green, Quartz, 10 Aug. 2024 Related Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case If one of these higher courts rules in favor of Google, the final outcome could depend on how the next president’s Justice Department responds. Jay Peters, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024 With Google found to be a monopolist, the Department of Justice, states and other parties could bring additional litigation against Google. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for monopolist 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolist
Noun
  • In 2024, the RAV4 is still a hot seller, but it’s never seen a form like this one.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • On the flip side, international sellers could benefit if, as happened in 2016, the value of the U.S. dollar dips in the wake of a Trump victory.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Two children wearing masks and a food vendor are the only Black people in the video, even though Black people make up 70% of the town’s population.
    Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Always prioritize vendors with ethical and well-disclosed AI policies.
    Greg Brunk, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Playwright, screenwriter and actor Ins Choi takes the starring role as storekeeper and patriarch Mr Kim (Appa), with Namju Go as Umma, Jennifer Kim playing Appa and Umma’s daughter Janet, Edward Wu as their son Jung, and Miles Mitchell playing Mr Lee, Mike, Alex and Janet’s love interest Alex.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Brown is a storekeeper for the city of Los Angeles.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Chaos akin to that of a Wall Street trading floor reigns in the crammed shop, where the shopkeepers yell prices across the store to buyers and security guards (the store employs four) keep the crowd moving.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In the hours before the march, Palestinian shopkeepers closed early, shuttering their stores as groups of Israeli teen boys harassed and taunted them.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 June 2024
Noun
  • During an earnings call Wednesday, Eli Lilly instead blamed it on drug wholesalers cutting inventory of Zepbound and Mounjaro.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In 1900, the area was home to a vast open-air market that eventually developed the neighborhood into rows of shops and wholesalers, then started shrinking.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • These middlemen interact with insurance companies and drug manufacturers, but there is little publicly available data about their role in drug pricing.
    Dr. Sejal Parekh, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Stuck In The Middle In this way, healthcare’s most entrenched middlemen are unlike the disruptive go-betweens of other industries.
    Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

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“Monopolist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolist. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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