oligopoly
noun
the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors.
oligopolistic
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a word derived from
oligopoly.
Example Sentences
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“Each of SPGI’s benchmark franchises is a high-margin, IP licensing business with a formidable competitive moat inside an oligopolistic market structure,” the Pershing Square letter observed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Sell-side analysts have mistakenly assumed that pricing is stable and this is an oligopolistic market.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Sweden's grocery sector is dominated by three main players, making it an "oligopolistic" situation, Mandorff said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2023
“Economics is a hierarchical, oligopolistic scientific field,” says Andrej Svorenčík, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania who recently co-authored a paper on this phenomenon with Hoover, now a professor at Duke University.
From Slate ● May 10, 2023
When oligopolistic producers ruled, they provided reliability to the extent their readers wanted it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2018
