as in empire
a group of businesses or enterprises under one control
the huge media conglomerate owns TV and radio stations, a cable company, and a movie studio
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as in to gather
to come together into one body or place
people conglomerated in the downtown streets for an impromptu victory celebration
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as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
over the years the town's discarded junk conglomerated at the bottom of the river
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Recent Examples of conglomerate
Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
Record first-quarter earnings of $200 million at engineering conglomerate DMCI Holdings lifted the fortune of Isidro Consunji and siblings by 47% to $2.65 billion.
—Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 2 July 2025
No one has yet lived to spend any of that moolah themselves, thanks to a group of trackers and assassins called the Hunters who are employed by this future world's all-powerful conglomerate, the Network.
—Clark Collis Updated, EW.com, 1 July 2025
Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 8 July 2024
The brewery was eventually nationalized under former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, conglomerating with Pyramid brewery in the 1960s.
—Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015
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Noun
More striking is conglomerate Danaher (DHR), whose commons yield a paltry 0.4% while its Series B Preferreds dole out a cool 5%.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
Record first-quarter earnings of $200 million at engineering conglomerate DMCI Holdings lifted the fortune of Isidro Consunji and siblings by 47% to $2.65 billion.
—Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
Verb
Isaac Lee, who leads the Latin American arm of Hybe, will take over Braun's role, according to Variety.
Braun and Hybe have been in business together since April 2021, when the conglomerate merged with Braun’s Ithaca Holdings.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 2 July 2025
No one has yet lived to spend any of that moolah themselves, thanks to a group of trackers and assassins called the Hunters who are employed by this future world's all-powerful conglomerate, the Network.
—Clark Collis Updated, EW.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
At a societal level, cars can track where people go en masse, what roads are important, when people conglomerate, and the health of infrastructure.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 8 July 2024
The brewery was eventually nationalized under former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, conglomerating with Pyramid brewery in the 1960s.
—Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerate
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High school projects could turn into Harvard case studies, teenage blogs into book deals, and college experiments into empire foundations.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Now, with Hong Kong’s equity markets rebounding, Li is seizing a more favorable window to raise capital for the crown jewel of his business empire.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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In New York, Tyler, the Creator gathered with a group of young artists for a raw, roundtable discussion about the highs and lows of life in the creative lane.—
Bryanna Symone,
Essence,
10 July 2025
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More powerful and durable The company was founded on the premise that there is presently a bottleneck in the capability of commercial ground stations to download increasing amounts of data gathered by satellites in orbit.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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However, a caveat: Without citizen oversight and proactivity, the trash will accumulate, the trees will grow and the potholes will reappear.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2025
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In France, Gauguin had accumulated a small band of acolytes devoted to his iconoclastic paintings saturated with color and symbolism.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Craig was No. 5 player at his position, according to 247Sports composite rankings.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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The house has reinforced interlocking joints and a composite wall design that are created to maintain the home’s structural integrity no matter the weather.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 July 2025
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As Southeast Asian foreign ministers met in Kuala Lumpur on July 10-11, U.S tariff issues hovered over them like a menace.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
14 July 2025
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Japanese government officials have met with their U.S. counterparts seven times since Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's initial meeting with Trump at the White House in February, the Japanese government official said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 July 2025
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Interoperability And Integration: Mainstream enterprise adoption will depend on seamless compatibility with legacy, cloud and hybrid IT environments.—
Fabio Caversan,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, CalCareers said.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 July 2025
Verb
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That number is expected to surge this summer — as mass gatherings, major events, and global headlines all converge.—
Jessica Tisch,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
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Photograph Of The Year Winners Anti crepuscular rays at Cono de Arita in La Puna, Argentina create an atmospheric optical phenomenon that appears as beams of light converging towards a point opposite the sun in the sky.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Verb
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Two Chinese satellites have rendezvoused with one another more than 20,000 miles above the Earth in what analysts believe is the first high-altitude attempt at orbital refueling.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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Our trio rendezvoused on Max Patch in time for lunch, the bald rimmed perfectly by stratus clouds in every direction.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
20 June 2025
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“Conglomerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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