Dylan Walsh

L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.

American Actor

Sean Evans

Gamers are horrible roommates because they monopolize the TV with something less watchable than 'The Mob Doctor' and, if that wasn't irritating enough, have the audacity to scream combat commands through a head set.

American Entertainer

Thomas Paine

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

English Activist

Robert Zubrin

The goods of the world market are available for Cuba to purchase, but all the foreign exchange is monopolized by the regime, which uses it for its own power and pleasure.

American Scientist

Maajid Nawaz

Satire has been a sanctuary historically monopolized by progressives, originally used as a discreet tool against Western religious fundamentalism.

British Activist

Jane Smiley

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

American Writer

Laurence J. Peter

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.

Canadian Writer

Christopher Lasch

Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

American Historian

Christopher Daniels

I've got two kids and they monopolize my computer time.

Bernie Sanders

The right wing has monopolized the AM radio airwaves.

American Politician

The term 'monopolize' is often used in business and economics to discuss unfair market control.

Economic Context

'Monopolize' usually implies negative consequences for others who are excluded.

Negative Connotation

To 'monopolize' doesn't mean a 100% takeover, but a significant dominance or control.

Not Always Total

'Monopolize' suggests one person is taking too much of the conversation, often seen as rude.

Conversation Hogging

Using 'monopolize' can imply someone is seeking all the attention deliberately.

Attention Seeking

Sometimes 'monopolize' is used to humorously exaggerate someone's focus on a person.

Exaggeration Alert

 them how a single person in the bureaucracy has the power to make decision about which patent application becomes the next patent and therefore monopolizes for 20 years the rights of an entire field of inventive activity well what did we do we said we can make a website we can make an expert Network

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 standpoint of letting me figure out how to monopolize or maximize my ownership of twitter but we'll try to bring along as many shoulders as we right as we're allowed to you don't necessarily want to pay out 40 or whatever it is billion dollars in cash you you'd like them to come come with you in in

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 but these numbers give us a general sense of the space needed. Of course, building energy infrastructure in a desert, a rainforest, a town, or even in the ocean are completely different prospects. And energy sources monopolize the space they occupy to very different extents.

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 Brood parasite chicks usually hatch early, then monopolize their host parents’ attention. Some stab their fellow nestlings to death, while others shove the remaining occupants out of the nest. Meanwhile, others are less harmful to their hosts.

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 has the power to make a decision about which patent application becomes the next patent, and therefore monopolizes for 20 years the rights over an entire field of inventive activity. Well, what did we do? We said, we can make a website,

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 when one of them cheated a quirk of evolution made one of the sexes smaller and this turned out to be one of the most significant events in life on earth the smaller types were more mobile and so monopolized the matings but the mates

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 gives the plaza a theatrical quality. It becomes a stage where the generations can meet. You have teenagers sprawling on the pavers, seniors monopolizing the benches, and real life starts to look like an opera set.

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 males who were the group before the Birmingham's one was definitely bigger than the other and he seemed to monopolize the mating opportunities so to say that he wasn't the dominant or

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 It is in your interests that I'm healthy, happy, well-fed. Hence, you could share some of your nutritional resources instead of monopolizing them. That is, share your lunch.

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