empire
Example Sentences
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Amazon has been more eager to acquire companies to help expand its empire, now worth $2.26 trillion.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
Behind the multibillion deal for Jetro Restaurant Depot is its 94-year-old founder who amassed billions by turning a Brooklyn warehouse into a U.S. food empire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Orban's childhood friend Lorinc Meszaros, a former plumber, has become Hungary's wealthiest man worth $4.8 billion according to Forbes magazine, with an empire of construction, energy, banking and media firms thriving on public contracts.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Whereas Chelsea and Manchester City were able to spend freely to build their empire, governing bodies now have the shackles on.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
He was of such goodness that among the other laudable deeds attributed to him is this: in the fourteen years he ruled the empire, he never put anyone to death without a trial.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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