How to Use conglomerate in a Sentence

conglomerate

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• One of the latest and most beloved mega retailers to host a Deals Day of its own is Target, the hip big-box shop of its conglomerate neighbors.
  — Avery Felman, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Gautam Adani, whose conglomerate sprawls from ports to coal mines to food, has seen his personal wealth more than double, to some $32bn.
  — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2020
• The volcanic and conglomerate rocks draw lots of climbers who take on numerous and varied routes, from short and easy to long and technical, with vertical faces and steep overhangs.
  — Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2019
• For the better part of the past two years, the company has had to deal with a looming takeover threat from French media conglomerate Vivendi, which has slowly been buying shares of the game publisher.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2017
• Reuters reported this week that the firm sent a letter to investors calling for a potential breakup of the Seven & i Holdings conglomerate or other moves to increase the company’s share price.
  — Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• The cement maker, a unit of conglomerate Salim Group, has shuttered majority of its 10 plants in Citeureup area as a result of the partial lockdown.
  — Tassia Sipahutar, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2020
• Erik Hellum has also been appointed as COO of the radio and media conglomerate’s local media.
  — Billboard, 21 Oct. 2017
• Other critical reviews of the Astro have focused on Amazon’s slow creep into our private spaces with smart devices, or on the banal evilness of the mega-conglomerate behind the product.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2021
• The lack of fact-checking in corporate publishing remains a scandal, but there are few signs that any conglomerate publisher plans on making the expensive decision to apply basic scrutiny to its books any time soon.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 June 2020
• In a shareholder vote over competing slates of directors, Elliott narrowly edged out French media conglomerate Vivendi .
  — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 4 May 2018
• Acquired by conglomerate Unilever in 1961, the company began to see increasing competition from Mister Softee and other rivals.
  — Colin Dickey, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
• The move deepened Bayer’s commitment to a conglomerate model -- combining crop science, pharmaceuticals and consumer health under one roof -- at a time when many rivals have rigorously sharpened their focuses.
  — Jef Feeley, Bloomberg.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• Piramal Enterprises by creating a diversified financial services conglomerate and a leading pharma player.
  — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• One of the latest and most beloved mega retailers to host a Deals Day of its own is Target, the hip big-box shop of its conglomerate neighbors.
  — Avery Felman, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Gautam Adani, whose conglomerate sprawls from ports to coal mines to food, has seen his personal wealth more than double, to some $32bn.
  — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2020
• The volcanic and conglomerate rocks draw lots of climbers who take on numerous and varied routes, from short and easy to long and technical, with vertical faces and steep overhangs.
  — Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2019
• For the better part of the past two years, the company has had to deal with a looming takeover threat from French media conglomerate Vivendi, which has slowly been buying shares of the game publisher.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2017
• Reuters reported this week that the firm sent a letter to investors calling for a potential breakup of the Seven & i Holdings conglomerate or other moves to increase the company’s share price.
  — Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• The cement maker, a unit of conglomerate Salim Group, has shuttered majority of its 10 plants in Citeureup area as a result of the partial lockdown.
  — Tassia Sipahutar, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2020
• Erik Hellum has also been appointed as COO of the radio and media conglomerate’s local media.
  — Billboard, 21 Oct. 2017
• Other critical reviews of the Astro have focused on Amazon’s slow creep into our private spaces with smart devices, or on the banal evilness of the mega-conglomerate behind the product.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2021
• The lack of fact-checking in corporate publishing remains a scandal, but there are few signs that any conglomerate publisher plans on making the expensive decision to apply basic scrutiny to its books any time soon.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 June 2020
• In a shareholder vote over competing slates of directors, Elliott narrowly edged out French media conglomerate Vivendi .
  — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 4 May 2018
• Acquired by conglomerate Unilever in 1961, the company began to see increasing competition from Mister Softee and other rivals.
  — Colin Dickey, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020
• The move deepened Bayer’s commitment to a conglomerate model -- combining crop science, pharmaceuticals and consumer health under one roof -- at a time when many rivals have rigorously sharpened their focuses.
  — Jef Feeley, Bloomberg.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• Piramal Enterprises by creating a diversified financial services conglomerate and a leading pharma player.
  — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• One of the latest and most beloved mega retailers to host a Deals Day of its own is Target, the hip big-box shop of its conglomerate neighbors.
  — Avery Felman, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Gautam Adani, whose conglomerate sprawls from ports to coal mines to food, has seen his personal wealth more than double, to some $32bn.
  — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2020
• The volcanic and conglomerate rocks draw lots of climbers who take on numerous and varied routes, from short and easy to long and technical, with vertical faces and steep overhangs.
  — Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2019
• For the better part of the past two years, the company has had to deal with a looming takeover threat from French media conglomerate Vivendi, which has slowly been buying shares of the game publisher.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2017

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conglomerate

2 of 3 verb

• Buffett has lived in for decades and run right past the headquarters of his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate on the way downtown.
  — Josh Funk, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2022
• And then there is Secret, the women’s deodorant brand of the consumer goods conglomerate Procter & Gamble.
  — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
• Then there was Merck, the pharmaceuticals conglomerate whose association with the Nazis may have been the most lurid of them all.
  — Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2021
• And conglomerate Dalian Wanda is currently developing one of the largest movie production facilities in the world in Qingdao.
  — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 May 2017
• The bride’s father is the vice president of investor relations and the treasurer of Textron, a global aerospace and defense technologies conglomerate in Providence, R.I.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2018
• To that, Yeon said Amorepacific, a South Korean cosmetics conglomerate that funded his research, intends to use this technology to test the effectiveness of their skin care products.
  — Karen Kwon | Inside Science, ABC News, 18 July 2021
• New disclosure filings show that the free masks came from the government of Taiwan and its diplomatic office in Chicago, a Chinese auto parts conglomerate, a major apparel company and the state’s largest health insurer.
  — USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
• Ultimately, Chalone fell on hard times financially, and in 2004 it was purchased by spirits conglomerate Diageo, which has since gotten out of the wine business altogether.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2021
• Koch Industries conglomerate that his father founded in 1940.
  — Lisette Voytko, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• The combination, which has been in the cards for years, would minimize competition between the two companies and create the world’s largest chemicals conglomerate with around 1 trillion yuan in annual revenue, equivalent to about $153 billion.
  — Martin Mou, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2021
• Australian sites will get paid for appearing in Facebook News, giving that publishing conglomerate a revenue stream independent of the problematic display-ads business.
  — Rob Pegoraro, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• One possibility is that mergers among insurers will induce doctors and hospitals to conglomerate as well, which in turn will encourage greater consolidation in the insurance sector, said Diana Moss.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2017
• Within that arena, Remy hopes to position Atlas brands as a bastion of independence within an ever-conglomerating industry.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
• Immediate recognition is the reason conglomerates overwhelmingly choose pre-existing fashion labels as vehicles for young talent instead of backing new ventures.
  — Alexander Fury, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017
• Rakuten is a global e-commerce and internet services conglomerate headquartered in Japan and getting deeper into entertainment content creation, marketing and distribution businesses.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2022
• Buffett has lived in for decades and run right past the headquarters of his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate on the way downtown.
  — Josh Funk, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2022
• And then there is Secret, the women’s deodorant brand of the consumer goods conglomerate Procter & Gamble.
  — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
• Then there was Merck, the pharmaceuticals conglomerate whose association with the Nazis may have been the most lurid of them all.
  — Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2021
• And conglomerate Dalian Wanda is currently developing one of the largest movie production facilities in the world in Qingdao.
  — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 May 2017
• The bride’s father is the vice president of investor relations and the treasurer of Textron, a global aerospace and defense technologies conglomerate in Providence, R.I.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2018
• To that, Yeon said Amorepacific, a South Korean cosmetics conglomerate that funded his research, intends to use this technology to test the effectiveness of their skin care products.
  — Karen Kwon | Inside Science, ABC News, 18 July 2021
• New disclosure filings show that the free masks came from the government of Taiwan and its diplomatic office in Chicago, a Chinese auto parts conglomerate, a major apparel company and the state’s largest health insurer.
  — USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
• Ultimately, Chalone fell on hard times financially, and in 2004 it was purchased by spirits conglomerate Diageo, which has since gotten out of the wine business altogether.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2021
• Koch Industries conglomerate that his father founded in 1940.
  — Lisette Voytko, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• The combination, which has been in the cards for years, would minimize competition between the two companies and create the world’s largest chemicals conglomerate with around 1 trillion yuan in annual revenue, equivalent to about $153 billion.
  — Martin Mou, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2021
• Australian sites will get paid for appearing in Facebook News, giving that publishing conglomerate a revenue stream independent of the problematic display-ads business.
  — Rob Pegoraro, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• One possibility is that mergers among insurers will induce doctors and hospitals to conglomerate as well, which in turn will encourage greater consolidation in the insurance sector, said Diana Moss.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2017
• Within that arena, Remy hopes to position Atlas brands as a bastion of independence within an ever-conglomerating industry.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
• Immediate recognition is the reason conglomerates overwhelmingly choose pre-existing fashion labels as vehicles for young talent instead of backing new ventures.
  — Alexander Fury, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017
• Rakuten is a global e-commerce and internet services conglomerate headquartered in Japan and getting deeper into entertainment content creation, marketing and distribution businesses.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2022

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conglomerate

3 of 3 noun

• Our small company must compete with the big conglomerates.
• And if big media and tech conglomerates want to keep dollars flowing, these rules will likely get in the way.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 July 2023
• Arnault is set to put two more of his sons on the board of his French conglomerate, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2024
• But trusting a conglomerate like Amazon with that sort of power might not sit right with many.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023
• It’s been a long road to a sale, with numerous contenders in the running since the conglomerate was first up for sale last May with a price tag of around £1 billion ($1.2 billion).
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
• The venture was also backed by the liquor conglomerate Pernod Ricard.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 11 July 2023
• The partnership was confirmed a month later, and now one of the French conglomerate’s brands has been tapped to design uniforms for the opening ceremonies.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2023
• But asking Netflix to spend more money means convincing the media conglomerate that the fandom is good for it.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
• The media rights deal will be even more of a tough sell to conglomerates now, so adding programs and showing stability would make a huge difference.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
• The conglomerate, however, is showing signs of strain as the family downsizes its workforce and sells off some of its holdings.
  — J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 15 May 2023
• The tech conglomerate continued to make claims objecting to the ruling or that its watches infringe on Masimo patents.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
• Founded in 1988, the conglomerate has businesses in fields ranging from ports and thermal power plants to media and cements.
  — Diksha Madhok, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
• On five occasions, the head of the family conglomerate, Álvaro Noboa, has run for president and lost — in one case by two percentage points.
  — Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• The toy conglomerate’s vast archive, a trove of successful products, middling ideas and discontinued merch, are the tools.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
• The acclaimed drama about the mechanisms of the Roy family and their media conglomerate Waystar-Royco wrapped up its final season in May 2023.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• The partnership, spanning more than 50 years, produced one of the most successful and largest conglomerates in history.
  — Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• My friend’s family, along with many other distillers, cashed out to conglomerates.
  — Emily Bingham, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
• Gizmodo reports Parler was bought by a media conglomerate last year and was shut down for almost a year while the new owners organized the site’s comeback.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
• The games as a whole are sponsored by the luxury conglomerate LVMH, who will tap their many fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands to support the international event.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
• The re-branding comes at a time when other media conglomerates are either selling or closing their linear channels in Asia.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 June 2023
• His stance against the provision comes as the conglomerate wages a major lobbying offensive on Capitol Hill.
  — Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 28 Nov. 2023
• Two companies in India’s Adani Group are planning to raise as much as $2.6 billion from share sales, months after a scathing short-seller report led to a sharp loss in the conglomerate’s market value.
  — Weilun Soon, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
• Drama Republic is part of the Mediawan group, with the French conglomerate taking a majority stake in 2021.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 June 2023
• He’s given himself a two-year deadline to line up a successor, and he’s got to do that all while trying to reinvigorate a 100-year-old sprawling media conglomerate.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
• The owner of the complex, a Chinese conglomerate, ran out of funding before completing the residential and retail project.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• But those were just tantalizing hints of flaws in our understanding of how cosmic structures grow and conglomerate.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
• Antitrust experts said that the broad repercussions of the Change attack show why putting one conglomerate at the center of multiple health care functions is inherently risky.
  — Brittany Trang , Tara Bannow, STAT, 27 Feb. 2024
• The results wouldn’t just be new streaming services, but new media conglomerates responsible for big chunks of the culture and entertainment that people have access to in the US and beyond.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
• Culp's plan to split up GE into smaller, more specialized businesses is an effort to make the conglomerate more efficient and profitable.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• The bank’s internal controls hadn’t stopped the concentration of risk, and the resulting write-down as Benko’s conglomerate Signa entered bankruptcy wiped out half the lender’s annual profit.
  — Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024