How to Use monopoly in a Sentence

monopoly

noun
Definition of monopolynext
  • The government passed laws intended to break up monopolies.
  • Even in most of the U.S., the police have a legal monopoly on the use of force.
    — TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Now the crisis is over and the blob wants its monopoly back.
    — Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
  • For a time, the United States held a monopoly on these bombs.
    — John Ismay, New York Times, 11 May 2024
  • The fans hope this is a turning point in breaking up a monopoly, the lawyers said.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The struggle against the de facto monopoly spans years.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • By the way, there is a wider problem in the region of establishing states that have a monopoly on the use of force.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • One of the main features of the effort is the possible end of UNOS’s monopoly on the key aspects of the network.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That is now changing and so, too, the notion that any one gender holds a monopoly on being the object of the gaze.
    — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • This is not the best of times for Atmos, a for-profit monopoly in North Texas that is listed on the stock exchange.
    — Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The story of the second decade was the unraveling of that monopoly.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024
  • There was a lot of resentment against the East India Co.’s monopoly over tea.
    — Arun A.k., Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Each country has a monopoly of its own leagues of football or.
    — Michael Gale, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • To Amazon, this proves the online giant is not a monopoly.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2023
  • True, most of the results come from YouTube, since Google pretty much has a monopoly on online video, too.
    — PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2023
  • So far, no single company seems likely to claim a monopoly in the state.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • At the time, the DOJ accused Dentsply of maintaining a monopoly in the artificial teeth business.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged in 2010, a deal that raised concerns of a monopoly.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • China essentially has a monopoly on every step beyond the first phase of digging ores out of the ground.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Google is aware of its monopoly over the video-sharing industry and has jacked up its ad-free Premium tier prices to $14 monthly.
    — Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 May 2024
  • Walden: Our role is to uphold the state constitution to protect the ratepayer as a check on monopolies.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • Throughout the Sunshine State, Hard Rock enjoys a near monopoly on gambling.
    — Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 17 July 2024
  • And then the next thing that’s going to have to get broken up is the iMessage monopoly, particularly because of the way young kids message.
    — WIRED, 15 Mar. 2023
  • What should rightfully have been his was pocketed by the Soviet state, which had a monopoly on the copyright.
    — Armen Sarkissian, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Or even just coming over for monopoly to have some company.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And while the supermarkets have long held the monopoly on a plentiful supply of cheap meat, there are areas in which the butcher remains king (or queen).
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The men have a near monopoly on betting during the regular season, though more women’s games have been made available.
    — Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The United States may need tariffs and other tools to ensure that China does not establish a monopoly on these chips.
    — Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In his decision on Monday, Mehta declined to rule that Google held monopoly power in the more general search ads market.
    — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Last year, for instance, the Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon, alleging the e-commerce company had monopoly power to inflate prices.
    — Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024

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