as in conglomerate
a group of businesses or enterprises under one control
the media mogul's empire consists of newspapers, TV stations, and cable companies
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Recent Examples of empire
Both the legal and consumer backlash have muddied the company's rapidly growing empire.
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Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 16 July 2025
Now, the Fox Corp. unit is going to bring an outside entity into its empire.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 July 2025
As always, though, The Gilded Age is most fascinated by George and Bertha Russell and their undying need to grow their financial and social empires.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 July 2025
While competitors like Glossier built empires on minimalist marketing and Fenty Beauty disrupted through inclusive shade ranges, Crawley’s differentiator was in functional innovation.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
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Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 16 July 2025
Now, the Fox Corp. unit is going to bring an outside entity into its empire.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 July 2025
As always, though, The Gilded Age is most fascinated by George and Bertha Russell and their undying need to grow their financial and social empires.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 July 2025
While competitors like Glossier built empires on minimalist marketing and Fenty Beauty disrupted through inclusive shade ranges, Crawley’s differentiator was in functional innovation.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empire
conglomerate
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While both are fair subjects for criticism, Howze misses an opportunity for sharper, more specific satire by flattening the outsiders into a conglomerate threat.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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This is a company that plays the long game, something made easier by its ownership structure: L’Oréal is still majority owned by the founder’s family, the Bettencourt Meyers, and by Swiss conglomerate Nestlé, which bought a stake in 1974.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
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“Empire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empire. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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