Examples of “monopoly” in a Sentence

noun Complete or exclusive control over the supply of a product or service, shutting out competitors.

• For many years the railway company enjoyed a monopoly on travel between the two towns.
• My great grandfather had the monopoly of eggs in all of China and my grandmother was super rich living in a mansion when the cultural revolution happened and communism took everything away. — Kay Tye, Twitter (tweet) (2020)
• A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.
• The utility company held a monopoly over electricity in the region.
• Antitrust laws exist to prevent harmful monopolies from forming.