monopolization
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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
District Judge Amit Mehta in the District of Columbia opens the door to a second trial to determine potential remedies to Google's monopolization of the search market.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2024
“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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