duopoly
noun
du·op·o·ly
du̇-ˈä-pə-lē 
also dyu̇-
plural duopolies
1
: an oligopoly limited to two sellers
2
: preponderant influence or control by two political powers
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Two decades ago, Jeju Air became the country’s first upstart budget airline with the aim of challenging the duopoly of Korean Air and Asiana.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Then again, are we headed toward a duopoly that parallels the smartphone industry with two winners?
—Daniel Newman, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Merchants claim Visa and Mastercard, which control more than 80% of the market for card purchases, comprise a duopoly that gets to set swipe fees.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
What is new now is that smaller donors can participate outside of the duopoly by contributing to party-like organizations with their independent expenditures.
—R. Glenn Hubbard, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
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Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Then again, are we headed toward a duopoly that parallels the smartphone industry with two winners?
—Daniel Newman, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Merchants claim Visa and Mastercard, which control more than 80% of the market for card purchases, comprise a duopoly that gets to set swipe fees.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
What is new now is that smaller donors can participate outside of the duopoly by contributing to party-like organizations with their independent expenditures.
—R. Glenn Hubbard, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
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“Duopoly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duopoly. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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