conglomerate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The news sent shares of listed Tata companies plunging and has led to questions over what lies ahead for the gigantic salt-to-steel conglomerate that owns Air India, Tata Steel and Jaguar Land Rover.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Built by the private Chinese conglomerate Yatai, Shwe Kokko markets itself as a safe holiday destination for Chinese tourists and a haven for the super-rich.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has made a nonbinding offer valued at more than $1 billion to buy Austal USA, a builder of ships and submarine parts for the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The conglomerate has said in the past that buybacks can happen whenever Abel — after consulting with Chairman Warren Buffett — believes the company’s share price is below its intrinsic value.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Sidley & Austin was representing the chemical conglomerate Union Carbide in an antitrust trial involving the sale of one of its business holdings.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
![]()
"We've been putting solar panels on our malls just to save on energy," Frederic DyBuncio, president and CEO of SM Investments Corp, told AFP, adding that the country's other conglomerates were doing the same.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
SK Group is one of South Korea's chaebols - family-owned conglomerates that dominate the country's economy.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Companies rarely welcome activists, and Korea has historically been especially inhospitable—in part because of the sprawling, family-controlled conglomerates called chaebols that still dominate the market today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Along with “large conglomerates that are materially involved” in optics and photonics, there are also “peer plays” held by the fund, he noted.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
Self- worth tends to be narrowly defined by admission to a few highly selective universities and prestigious, high-paying jobs at conglomerates like Samsung, Hyundai, and LG.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
![]()
"All of these are just in a kind of conglomerated business under Elon Musk's name."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Late on Monday, Abu Dhabi-based conglomerated International Holding Co. said it will make a $381 million investment into Adani Enterprises.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
The former is supposed to lead to the latter, as it seemingly has for the five companies conglomerated under the intimidating acronym FAANG.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
I’ve written extensively elsewhere with co-authors about why it makes sense for media companies to break apart rather than stay conglomerated.
From Forbes ● Mar. 26, 2015
Eschewing diaper, you roll the Act round the royal infant; you roll it up and pin it in the conglomerated wisdom of the nation.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 by Various
Possible answers invoke myriad world-making methods, from titanic impacts to the gluing together of spaceborne hail, where the conglomerating force of gravity may battle disruptions from magnetic whirlpools that nascent worlds are thought to encounter.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
“The Globes have exhibited some amount of prescience in conglomerating film and television,” said Matti Leshem, a movie producer and the chief executive of Protagonist, a Hollywood branding company.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2013
In an era when most multinational firms have given up their old conglomerating ways, Jardines retains a panoply of seemingly unconnected businesses.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
With such sales, no wonder the conglomerates are conglomerating in the record business.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
In June the military chiefs at Washington were vainly doing all that military men could do to make something like the beginnings of an army out of the conglomerating mass.
From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by William Charles Henry Wood
Vocabulary lists containing conglomerate
Power Prefix: con-
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more – and it's all completely free to use!
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Want to remember this word for good? Start your learning journey today with our library of interactive, themed word lists built by the experts at Vocabulary.com – we'll help you make the most of your study time!