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Oligopolistic in a sentence

Oligopolistic meaning

Having the character of, or dominated by, an oligopoly

Using Oligopolistic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having the character of, or dominated by, an oligopoly
  • In the example corpus, oligopolistic often appears in combinations such as: or oligopolistic.

Context around Oligopolistic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

use 1× brokers 1×

Often after:

market 1× position 1× practices 1× approach 1× businesses 1×

Sentence patterns with Oligopolistic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

challenging brokers oligopolistic approach to 1× government on oligopolistic practices excessive 1× in an oligopolistic or monopolistically 1× monopolistic or oligopolistic 1× monopolistic or oligopolistic businesses from 1× to use oligopolistic market power 1× using its oligopolistic position leveraging 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

customers may not 1× for us corporations 1× interestingly over the 1× the clarification came 1× the motivation behind 1× the term refers 1×

Common sentence endings:

by smaller firms 1× in airline operations 1× lose many customers 1× monopolistic or oligopolistic 1× setting standardised fees 1× to raise prices 1×

Words around Oligopolistic

Just before it in the word index:

oligopolies 9 oligonucleotides 9 oligonucleotide 9 oligomers 6 oligomerize 3 oligodendrocytes 7

Just after it in the word index:

oligopoly 27 oligosaccharide 11 oligosaccharides 12 oligotrichs 2 oligui 4 olikoye 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Oligopolistic

  • In this selection, "oligopolistic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, use, brokers, market, position and practices stand out and add context to how "oligopolistic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include challenging brokers oligopolistic approach to and government on oligopolistic practices excessive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "oligopolistic" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with oligopolistic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Interestingly, over the past 20 years, Japan has become more competitive, while America has become more monopolistic or oligopolistic. (19 words)

For US corporations, the traditional approach to maintaining profit rates has been to use oligopolistic market power and position to raise prices. (22 words)

Customers may not be happy, but, after all, Union Pacific is using its oligopolistic position, leveraging it to achieve the financials it wants to meet. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

There has been a gradual tendency for "fixed" (and exorbitant) fees being reduced for all investors, partly from falling administration costs but also assisted by large institutions challenging brokers' oligopolistic approach to setting standardised fees. (35 words)

The motivation behind this kink is the idea that in an oligopolistic or monopolistically competitive market, firms will not raise their prices because even a small price increase will lose many customers. (32 words)

The clarification came in response to an unstarred question posed by John Brittas, where he questioned the government on oligopolistic practices, excessive airfares, and punctuality issues in airline operations. (29 words)

Example sentences (7)

For US corporations, the traditional approach to maintaining profit rates has been to use oligopolistic market power and position to raise prices.

Customers may not be happy, but, after all, Union Pacific is using its oligopolistic position, leveraging it to achieve the financials it wants to meet.

The clarification came in response to an unstarred question posed by John Brittas, where he questioned the government on oligopolistic practices, excessive airfares, and punctuality issues in airline operations.

Interestingly, over the past 20 years, Japan has become more competitive, while America has become more monopolistic or oligopolistic.

The motivation behind this kink is the idea that in an oligopolistic or monopolistically competitive market, firms will not raise their prices because even a small price increase will lose many customers.

There has been a gradual tendency for "fixed" (and exorbitant) fees being reduced for all investors, partly from falling administration costs but also assisted by large institutions challenging brokers' oligopolistic approach to setting standardised fees.

The term refers to an environment where the state intervenes in the economy to protect large monopolistic or oligopolistic businesses from competition by smaller firms.

Common combinations with oligopolistic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • or oligopolistic 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "oligopolistic" in a sentence?
An example: "For US corporations, the traditional approach to maintaining profit rates has been to use oligopolistic market power and position to raise prices." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "oligopolistic" from authentic English texts.
What does "oligopolistic" mean?
Oligopolistic means: Having the character of, or dominated by, an oligopoly
How many example sentences with "oligopolistic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "oligopolistic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.