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The Erie board feared it was an attempt to take over their company and monopolize the major New York railways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

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

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

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024

The ingredients for the visibilizer had to be delivered, and the sooner the better, but the baroness clearly intended to monopolize the rest of her morning.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

The disharmony in the Schisa household is comically banal — an all-but-unseen sister monopolizes the bathroom; an aristocratic landlady bangs on the ceiling with a broom — until Saverio’s infidelity cranks it up to melodrama.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

It’s a profession that monopolizes her waking hours.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2017

I also dreaded family ties, that terrible network of homely affections, which monopolizes, imprisons, dwarfs and stifles.

From Artists' Wives by Ensor, Laura

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

For example, Leo points out that the private companies who’ve monopolized control over and knowledge of A.I. are given to “technocratic thinking” that “tends to amplify the power of those who already possess economic resources.”

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

It alleged that Live Nation and Ticketmaster monopolized various aspects of the live music industry, such as concert promotion, venue operations, artist management and ticketing services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

Visa ultimately abandoned the transaction, but the Justice Department sued the company four years later alleging it monopolized debit markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

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

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In a 2022 lawsuit closely watched by advocates for the “right to repair” movement, farmers accused Deere of monopolizing repairs by limiting what farmers or independent mechanics can do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 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

“We've seen over the last decade or so, manufacturers have realized that they can make a lot of money by monopolizing repair of their devices,” Jason Koebler, a tech journalist at 404 Media, told NPR.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 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