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

As the so-called "momager" behind the family's media empire, Jenner is thought to have a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars.

From BBC • 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

Now that he’s running the company, he continues to do it from Australia where Rupert made an escape—Rupert tried to get away from Australia as soon as he could when he was building his empire.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

I had heard much of the great Incan trails that crisscrossed our mighty empire.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis