virtual monopoly
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvirtualandmonopoly
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virtual
adjective
uk/ˈvɜː.tʃu.əl/us/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/
almost a particular thing ...
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monopoly
noun[C or S]
uk/məˈnɒp.əl.i/us/məˈnɑː.pəl.i/
(an organization or group that has) complete control of something, especially an area of business, so that others have ...
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(Definition ofvirtualandmonopolyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is avirtualmonopoly.
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Thatvirtualmonopolywas sold privately.
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As a consequence, they rarely apply the means to establish avirtualmonopolyof one school over another.
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There isvirtualmonopolyand little competition between them.
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Quite obviously, that company would have avirtualmonopoly.
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Until recently, the insurance services group enjoyed avirtualmonopoly.
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What would be the effect of thatvirtualmonopoly?
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In some rural areas, there is already avirtualmonopoly.
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There was avirtualmonopolyin the holding of land.
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They will have avirtualmonopolyof internal civil aviation.
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Avirtualmonopolyis given to existing licensees.
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In fact, certain independent airlines have avirtualmonopoly.
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I should like to see thisvirtualmonopolyended.
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Is not the steel industry now avirtualmonopoly?
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I am all for private enterprise, but these companies have avirtualmonopolyin small villages.
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He thereby achieved avirtualmonopolyof the premium channels going into cable.
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The logic is simple: there is no money in bus operations without avirtualmonopoly.
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They will have avirtualmonopolyin providing coal to the electrical generating industry, for instance.
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We no longer have avirtualmonopolyin world markets for our manufactured goods.
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It enjoys avirtualmonopolyin this part of the country.
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A further issue is thevirtualmonopolythat will be created by such a sale.
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That is to be sold outright, yet it is avirtualmonopoly.
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It will have avirtualmonopolyof component supply within that market.
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Belknap further empowered those traderships with avirtualmonopoly.
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We are in fact tending to create an artificial shortage and avirtualmonopolyin office accommodation.
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