monopoly
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The history of global corporations arguably began in 1600, when a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I granted the British East India Company a monopoly on Asian sea trade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
"Nvidia is bypassing the traditional PC supply chain to build an end-to-end hardware monopoly," said Stephen Wu, a former AI software engineer and founder of the Carthage Capital investment fund.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The days when STV was a monopoly with "a licence to print money" are a distant memory.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“These are monopoly companies, you can’t choose to buy from anybody else,” Stokes said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
“I think they’re all dead. But it’s not like the Nazis had a monopoly on evil.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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