monopolize
verb (used with object)
to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
monopolizes
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present tense formof monopolize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Department of Justice in an epic antitrust case, alleging that Google monopolizes online advertising technology.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
On platforms such as Zoom, the screen monopolizes our interactions.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2022
The disharmony in the Schisa household is comically banal — an all-but-unseen sister monopolizes the bathroom; an aristocratic landlady bangs on the ceiling with a broom — until Saverio’s infidelity cranks it up to melodrama.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Not only are they government-backed, but the government itself monopolizes the vast student loan market.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2013
Also, a graceful skiff seen in perfection at Constantinople, where it almost monopolizes the boat traffic.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
