monopolize
verb (used with object)
to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
has been monopolizing
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present perfect progressiveof monopolize (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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He shot the fleeing stags with regularity surprising; The way he intercepted boars was quite beyond surmising,— No wonder that your thoughts this youth has been monopolizing!
From Echoes from the Sabine Farm by Roswell Martin Field
