monopolize
verb (used with object)
to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
are monopolizing
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present progressiveof monopolize.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In London parks, children today run around shouting at their obstreperous nursery mates, who’ve maybe had a juice box too many and are monopolizing the swing set, “Orrrder!”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019
There are rascally upstarts in trade, I doubt not, who have made great fortunes in a small period, who are monopolizing and oppressing.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
It is all right and important to break them up when they are monopolizing the means of subsistence that should be spread throughout the great body of the people.
From Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root by Robert Bacon
Look here, fellows," he exclaimed, "here we are monopolizing the conversation, when we might be listening to some really interesting story from Mr. Melton.
From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by J. W. Duffield
