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empire

[em-pahyuhr, om-peer] / ˈɛm paɪər, ɒmˈpɪər /


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For months, investors have speculated that Musk’s ultimate goal is to combine his empire as he’s already been tying various businesses closer together.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

David Grutman went from being a bartender to founding a hospitality empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It was the same time-buy model that propelled his fledgling media empire and made him wealthy many times over.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Succession star Jeremy Strong will soon portray Zuckerberg as the more steely, savvy boss behind a huge social media empire in follow-up, The Social Reckoning.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

At the time, its population was about three million, perhaps a tenth that of the Mexica empire.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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