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Federal Trade Commission is launching an antitrust probe into the company over whether it will try to monopolize the CPU market after launching its own chip.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

Financiers and corporate leaders didn’t monopolize the benefits of big innovations; instead, a sense of social uplift for everyone helped ease misgivings about progress’s rapid pace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Understanding just how China came to monopolize the rare-earth industry can help investors anticipate what’s coming next, making it easier to invest in the critical—and exceedingly volatile—sector.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

“Right now individual companies are trying to monopolize the business and prevent that from happening,” said McMahon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

That factor alone would explain why societies of thousands can exist only if they develop centralized authority to monopolize force and resolve conflicts.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Section 2 states that any company which monopolizes or attempts to monopolize a market is guilty of a felony.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024

Department of Justice in an epic antitrust case, alleging that Google monopolizes online advertising technology.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

On platforms such as Zoom, the screen monopolizes our interactions.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2022

“If the dominant male monopolizes the matings, then the effective population size is much smaller than it would be if all sexually mature males were able to mate,” she said.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021

Its facilities for receiving and distributing remain nevertheless unequalled, and it still practically monopolizes the traffic between the northern Atlantic seaboard and the West.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

With hiring managers prioritizing in-person work and AI able to tackle routine tasks that traditionally monopolized entry-level workers’ time, one could argue being agreeable is paramount.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

This pattern suggests that wealth and authority were not monopolized by a single powerful leader.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

Jurors found that Live Nation had illegally monopolized the live concert industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

By 2022 China was supplying nearly 60% of wind turbines in a global market once monopolized by the West, and by 2024 the world’s top four turbine manufacturers were all Chinese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

Previous Maya states had been run by all-powerful monarchs who embodied the religion and monopolized trade.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Though the businessman and Mormon missionary never mined for gold himself, he became California’s first millionaire by monopolizing the sale of supplies to those who did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

At issue was the definition of the market that Meta was allegedly monopolizing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

Once guidelines changed to make it easier to detect monopolizing behavior, the FTC initiated a series of lawsuits to go after that behavior.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025

Pro sports lost me when big money teams began monopolizing, causing my beloved Pirates to fall by the wayside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

Then some 600 million years ago, the monopolizing grip of the algae was broken and an enormous proliferation of new lifeforms emerged, an event called the Cambrian explosion.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan