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
This week, the Justice Department called for Google to divest its Chrome browser after a court ruled in August that the company has monopolized the search market.
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Samantha Subin,alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
Google is facing antitrust cases, alleging the company to monopolize the marketplace and the general search services.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Both Christmases spent with them were marked by the daughters ignoring her, monopolizing Tim's time, and preventing interaction between her and their husbands.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Shares of Alphabet slip after DOJ filing Google parent company Alphabet’s GOOG shares dropped over 2% as the Department of Justice could consider breaking up Google after a federal judge ruled in August that the tech giant monopolized the online search engine market.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
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Samantha Subin,alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
Google is facing antitrust cases, alleging the company to monopolize the marketplace and the general search services.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Both Christmases spent with them were marked by the daughters ignoring her, monopolizing Tim's time, and preventing interaction between her and their husbands.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Shares of Alphabet slip after DOJ filing Google parent company Alphabet’s GOOG shares dropped over 2% as the Department of Justice could consider breaking up Google after a federal judge ruled in August that the tech giant monopolized the online search engine market.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
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Surprising Fact On a body weight basis, children 2 to 5 years old consume about twice as much of the red dye through food as the general population, according to the FDA.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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How to Manage: To manage a lack of sleep from alcohol, either eliminate it from your diet or consume moderately during the day, making sure to stop imbibing well before your bedtime.Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2024
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Sanders possesses the requisite traits to be a solid starter.Gavino Borquez, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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The film was way ahead of its time with Fox as a demon possessed it girl, seducing and devouring mainly men.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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At one point, 1 in 5 prisoners had covid-19, according to a tally kept by The Associated Press.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The company’s 2% reward program had a 6-basis point year-over-year benefit.Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Monopolize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolize. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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