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monopolization

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[muh-nahp-uh-lahyz-ay-shuhn] / məˌnɑp ə laɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of monopolizing something or someone, particularly a market.


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Live Nation Chief Executive Michael Rapino was questioned at the company’s monopolization trial.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

The actor Mark Ruffalo has suggested a Paramount Skydance takeover would also be "monopolization".

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

However, Isenberg believes that if governments can deploy smart policies such as interoperability and nondiscrimination, they can foster innovation in the AI space while preventing monopolization.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2025

“It’s the first of the major monopolization cases against the major tech platforms to go to trial, and so that makes it a bellwether.”

From New York Times May 2, 2024

At the agency’s inception, scientists had hoped it would serve as a civilian bulwark against military monopolization of nuclear research.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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