monopolist

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Recent Examples of monopolist With Google branded yet again as a monopolist, the DOJ asked for stiff penalties, seeking to have US District Judge Amit Mehta force Google to sell its popular Chrome browser and end payments for search engine placement with other firms. Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025 The United States Department of Justice is demanding that Google sell off its Chrome browser after a court ruling in August found the company to be a monopolist in the search market. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 In that matter, the FTC sought to restore competition by unwinding an anticompetitive merger of two hospitals that created a regional monopolist in Georgia. Alden Abbott, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 Google rival DuckDuckGo, whose executives testified during last year’s trial, said that the Justice Department is doing what needs to be done to rein in a brazen monopolist. Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for monopolist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monopolist
Noun
  • With a business model that relies on third-party sellers, Temu is also working with Eurofins Consumer Product Testing to undertake product certification tests as part of its seller onboarding process.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
  • During a Monday news briefing, Oakman alleged that Brown, Jackson and a third person had gone to purchase narcotics with the intent to rob the seller.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At Pier 60, sunsets are celebrated every evening with a festival that brings out vendors and street performers.
    Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The high hosted 36 vendors at its career fair on Wednesday, the Desert Sun reported.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Although competition among storekeepers can be fierce, Mateo sees U.B.A. as a marketplace of ideas.
    H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Retail theft rose, and many storekeepers stopped calling police.
    Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • With a nudge first from Nell and then more forcefully from Herb, that means acknowledging his attraction to the shopkeeper Amanda, and maybe even acting on it.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The various characters intersect at the shop run by the very mysterious shopkeeper played by Ju Ji-hoon.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Retailers purchase inventory from wholesalers, and solo wholesalers sold a lot of merchandise in 2022.
    Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • What is Burlington? Burlington, formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, started in 1924 as a wholesaler of coats, jackets and suits, according to the company’s website.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Freight forwarders may fear that collaboration could lead them to become an unnecessary middleman.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Boosters of the technology depict it as a way to cut middlemen such as banks out of financial transactions and to make those transactions more transparent and secure.
    Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Monopolist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monopolist. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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