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- noun Plural form of
monopolist .
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Examples
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Look for Arab sheikhs, Latin American monopolists and assorted dubious characters.
Travels With Hillary 2008
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In course of time these shrewd schemers, who are known as monopolists, gathered this liquid air into large tanks and warehouses, and put an exorbitant price upon it.
Life in a Thousand Worlds William Shuler Harris
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I'm even more skeptical about mega-mergers that involve monopolists, which is how most cable companies started out in life, as holders of exclusive local franchises that, like broadcast licenses, became licenses to print money.
Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Steven Pearlstein 2011
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What so many of our right wing fellows don;t get is that the monopolists are the biggest threat to our economy, not "the commies" or "the socialists", it is the no-bidders who are wrecking the world markets.
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The contents bills of two hundred newspapers denounce every day the 'monopolists' and the 'gold-bugs,' the
Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Graham Wallas 1895
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"monopolists," although their number has likewise been utilised (on page 4) to swell the number of the workers.
British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals J. Ellis Barker 1909
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In other words, virtually all economic activity takes place between consumers and monopolists.
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All consumers are monopsonists, and all producers are monopolists.
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All consumers are monopsonists, and all producers are monopolists.
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In reality, data caps are not the acts of monopolists.
Internet Data Caps Cometh Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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