How to Use monopolize in a Sentence

monopolize

verb
Definition of monopolizenext
Synonyms for monopolizenext
  • One group monopolized the camping area, taking almost all of the campsites.
  • The company has monopolized the market for computer operating systems.
  • Media is monopolized So some brave voices are the only Hope to break through.
    — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 10 May 2018
  • Self-destruction is a control freak's way of monopolizing their own fortune.
    — Sean O'Neal, GQ, 30 May 2018
  • The fast-moving squall brought buckets of rain and marble-sized hail, monopolizing social media posts.
    — Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 31 May 2018
  • The stated reason was that Giuliani's duties as Trump's lawyer have monopolized his time.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 10 May 2018
  • If two people are monopolizing a meeting, teammates should think about turning to those who have been quiet and asking them to share their input.
    — Juliana Feliciano Reyes, Philly.com, 28 May 2018
  • Though Al Jazeera offered far more attention than did its Saudi competitor, Gaza by no means monopolized its agenda.
    — Marc Lynch, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
  • But the bespectacled shortstop doesn’t seem to mind his All-American monopolizing the spotlight.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2018
  • It was otherwise held to be monopolizing interstate commerce in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2018
  • Neither team was able to monopolize the lead for long, though.
    — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022
  • But the judge ruled that such a short, simple phrase could not be monopolized by any one lyricist.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2023
  • For too long, that lane was monopolized by white women on Girls, or Two Broke Girls.
    — refinery29.com, 12 July 2018
  • Green smoothies are great and all, but no one type of food should monopolize the meaning of healthy eating.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Ingram will have plenty of time to monopolize the ball in Zion Williamson’s rookie year, though.
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Drake becomes the second act ever to monopolize the Hot 100's top five in a single week.
    — Gary Trust, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2021
  • But the plaintiffs in the suit argue that Apple monopolized the distribution of the apps, not the apps themselves.
    — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 18 June 2018
  • Again, these are all important, but must not be allowed to monopolize the CEO’s time.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The person who monopolizes your time and mind could be very different from you.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2019
  • The first half of play had been controlled by the U.S. team, which monopolized possession and had at least two shots on goal to Sweden's zero.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Her time has largely been monopolized by the A-listers who have flocked to her under-the-radar guest house for red carpet prep and LED mask selfies.
    — Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 6 June 2019
  • The top five is the same, with No. 1 Connecticut and No. 2 Purdue continuing to monopolize the first-place votes.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • How to sign up Pig sponsor news:Is Skyline monopolizing the chili game?
    — Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 5 May 2023
  • What’s more, Laura got an earful from the judges for monopolizing the team’s budget.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024
  • All six songs also claim the top six spots on Hot Alternative Songs, the first time in the chart’s three-year history that an artist has monopolized the top six.
    — Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Free-form conversation rounds out their last ten minutes together, and, though it’s meant to be a back-and-forth, Shara tends to monopolize the talk.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • Build rainy-day lanes in the tunnels currently monopolized by the subways (long cars with no music).
    — Charlie Dektar, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Still, espionage dramas have long been monopolized by men both on-screen and off.
    — Jill Gutowitz, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2019
  • One key defense in antitrust cases is to try to define the market allegedly being monopolized as broadly as possible, minimizing the defendant’s share of that relevant market.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • Friday’s closing arguments will focus on the government’s allegations that Google illegally monopolized the market for search advertising.
    — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 3 May 2024

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