megacorporation

noun

mega·​cor·​po·​ra·​tion ˌme-gə-ˌkȯr-pə-ˈrā-shən How to pronounce megacorporation (audio)
: a huge and powerful corporation

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The show follows a megacorporation called Lumon Industries, which utilizes a new procedure called severance that allows workers to spatially split their brains, creating two selves: one who works for Lumon, and another who lives life on the outside. Andrew Webster, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024 Fundamentally, the coming tax debate is about who holds the reins in shaping our economy: megacorporations and their wealthy shareholders, or the everyday people who keep the economy humming. Rakeen Mabud, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024 David Hammer is a ruthless venture capitalist hellbent on slashing and burning Sweden’s most powerful megacorporation. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024 Competition is suffering, and fewer companies are being founded, as monopolists and megacorporations come to dominate one sector after another. Ganesh Sitaraman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for megacorporation 

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of megacorporation was in 1971

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“Megacorporation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megacorporation. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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