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is monopolized
verb
To have a monopoly on something
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Radio and television broadcasting is monopolized under public supervision.
The economy is monopolized, hooked to the oil and gas needle.
The railway line from Smyrna to Constantinople is monopolized by the military, no goods of any description being accepted for transport.
The VVER-440 fuel market is monopolized by Russia's OAO TVEL, and this development indeed is related to the supply security of the EU's VVER-440 fleet.
But sometimes the room is monopolized by one person who seizes it to work in all day, and other times the room is barely used at all.
The European Commission proposed to liberalize the market for replacement car parts, which in most European countries is monopolized by the car manufacturers themselves.
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But now the old gatekeeper is monopolizing him, explaining how he first met him at the 1973 Open.
The exchange came on a day when the veterans group unveiled its second anti-Kerry advertisement, and demonstrated how the issue is monopolizing the presidential race.
Homework is monopolizing everyone's free time.
Her mind was monopolized by regret.
Moreover, Norwegian production of whale oil and cod was monopolized.
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