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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

The 27-year-old from Ware in Hertfordshire was trying to save a virtual empire from the brink of destruction - using a keyboard and mouse.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

And the one big thing he knew was that America’s future as a nation lay to the West, in its development over the next century of a continental empire.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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