: tending to reduce or discourage competition
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OpenAI, the paper reported, has even considered filing a federal antitrust complaint against Microsoft and embarking on a public campaign accusing its erstwhile partner of anticompetitive behavior.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 June 2025
The deal was born after Disney, WBD and Fox dropped their sports streaming JV, Venu, after Fubo brought a lawsuit alleging Venu was anticompetitive.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Yet by the end, panelists had refocused the spotlight onto pharmacy benefit managers—and provided striking evidence that PBMs, not biotech companies, deserve most of the blame for the anticompetitive practices that lead to high drug prices.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
This ruling follows another significant U.S. antitrust loss in August 2024, when a different federal judge determined Google had engaged in anticompetitive behavior to establish and maintain a monopoly in the online search market.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 June 2025
The deal was born after Disney, WBD and Fox dropped their sports streaming JV, Venu, after Fubo brought a lawsuit alleging Venu was anticompetitive.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Yet by the end, panelists had refocused the spotlight onto pharmacy benefit managers—and provided striking evidence that PBMs, not biotech companies, deserve most of the blame for the anticompetitive practices that lead to high drug prices.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
This ruling follows another significant U.S. antitrust loss in August 2024, when a different federal judge determined Google had engaged in anticompetitive behavior to establish and maintain a monopoly in the online search market.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
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“Anticompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anticompetitive. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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