Example Sentences

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Would Ms. Blume have broken out in today’s oligopolistic publishing market, with its formulaic approach to commercial success?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Sell-side analysts have mistakenly assumed that pricing is stable and this is an oligopolistic market.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

“Economics is a hierarchical, oligopolistic scientific field,” says Andrej Svorenčík, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania who recently co-authored a paper on this phenomenon with Hoover, now a professor at Duke University.

From Slate • May 10, 2023

To mention only a few examples, in the past 20 years, the share of profits of the 200 largest enterprises has risen sharply, carrying forward the oligopolistic character of the US economy.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

Experian has scope to expand into new regions and is aided by its market's high barriers to entry, which include an oligopolistic market structure and difficult to replicate data.

From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2013