monopolist
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Origin of monopolist
1Other words from monopolist
- mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjective
- mo·nop·o·lis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·mo·nop·o·list, noun, adjective
- an·ti·mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjective
- non·mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjective
- pro·mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjective
- sem·i·mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjective
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How to use monopolist in a sentence
Epic tried to convince Gonzalez Rogers that Apple’s App Store was in itself a “market,” over which Apple is a monopolist, and wanted the judge to force Apple to allow alternative app stores and payment processing systems on its phones.
Judge orders Apple to change its App Store practices in long-awaited decision in antitrust trial with Fortnite maker Epic Games | Reed Albergotti | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostAs for Epic’s other claims, Gonzalez Rogers said the company “overreached” and couldn’t prove that Apple was a monopolist.
It is an imperfect situation, a blunt instrument where surgical precision would be better, but the alternative is to cede even more power to unelected monopolists.
An Open Letter to Tim Cook on Why Apple Should Compromise With Antitrust Regulators | Roger McNamee | September 9, 2021 | TimeIt is almost as if the agency expects the court to simply nod to the conventional wisdom that Facebook is a monopolist.
Facebook's Surprise Antitrust Victory Could Inspire Congress to Overhaul the Rules Entirely | Billy Perrigo | June 30, 2021 | TimeWhether Amazon is a retail monopolist is an open question—its total sales remain well below Walmart’s, and even in online commerce its market share is below 50%.
What does breaking up Big Tech really mean? | James Surowiecki | June 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
So, like any monopolist, the agency ballooned into a bureaucratic monstrosity that spends much of its wealth on itself.
Inside the Port Authority, the Corrupt Powerhouse Behind Christie’s Bridgegate Scandal | Jim Epstein | January 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA billionaire monopolist mobilizes a Tea Party protest movement to stifle competition—thwarting thousands of jobs in the process.
In and of itself the monopoly price corresponds to the monopolist's profit and not to cheapness of sale.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockLet us consider next what wages the monopolist in the cases described above will have to pay.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockAnd now notice the peculiar relation that is set up between the monopolist's production and the satisfaction of human wants.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe effect of an enforced monopoly is to drive competitors away, and give the monopolist the whole market on his own terms.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 | VariousBut, monopolist though Mrs. Gamp showed herself to be in her manner of holding forth, her talk never degenerated into a monologue.
Charles Dickens as a Reader | Charles Kent
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