monopoly
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The days when STV was a monopoly with "a licence to print money" are a distant memory.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Deciding when a company has grown large and dominant because it is better than others or because it has unfairly built a monopoly can be difficult, but it is essential.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Saudi Aramco, the Saudi oil monopoly, and Apple, the iPhone maker, are the only other companies in the world capable of producing so much cash.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Recent trade tensions have put China’s rare-earth monopoly into stark relief.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Unfortunately, he had gone 15 miles when he came to the junction of the Weser, and so to a stretch of river over which a guild of boatmen held a monopoly.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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