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noun

kən-ˈgläm-rət How to pronounce conglomerate (audio)
Definition of conglomeratenext
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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conglomerate

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verb

kən-ˈglä-mə-ˌrāt How to pronounce conglomerate (audio)
1
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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2
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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conglomerate

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adjective

as in composite

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Recent Examples of conglomerate
Noun
The King’s Warden and Colony were both released by Showbox, part of the Orion conglomerate, which divested its controlling stake in Megabox in 2007. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 July 2026 Envioscuba uses warehouses controlled by GAESA, the conglomerate run by Cuba's military that was recently sanctioned, according to the Associated Press. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Verb
The vision of the commission is clear in a diagram for the War Department that sought to streamline the bureaucracy, conglomerating the existing 18 divisions into eight. — Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025 The quickly conglomerating media industry led Henson to consider corporate partnerships to assist with his goal of further expanding the Muppet media universe. — Jared Bahir Browsh, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
As its rivals increasingly conglomerate to exert pressure against it, the West is often forced to ignore the flaws of its allies. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 In September Curiosity found an outcrop of conglomerate rock, pebbles and gravel bound together by wet sediment. — Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2012 See All Example Sentences for conglomerate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerate
  1. empire
  2. gather
  3. accumulate
  4. composite
  5. converge
  6. hybrid
  7. meet
  8. amalgamated
Noun
  • Jones has thrown every wrench at the paper to try and foil the reboot of his digital streaming and supplement empire.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
  • The tennis icon has built a sprawling business empire that includes a venture capital firm, Serena Ventures; the multimedia company Nine Two Six Productions; and Wyn Beauty, while also holding stakes in the Miami Dolphins and Angel City FC.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 July 2026
Definition of empire
Verb
  • Once the excitement had died down, the team gathered in a circle and a player went up to Haaland, grabbed the back of his neck and kissed his cheek.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 July 2026
  • He was surrounded by beige pleather armchairs gathered around low tables adorned with silk flowers.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of gather
Verb
  • In Gaza City alone, around 25 million tons of debris have accumulated, Mohanna said.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Jamestown Canyon virus accumulates genetic changes 10 to 100 times more slowly per calendar year than dengue, Rift Valley fever or chikungunya.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of accumulate
Adjective
  • This new process will, instead, see composite parts laid together before being cured together in situ.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
  • Both students received a composite score of 36 after taking the test for the first time a week after completing their sophomore year.
    — Alexandra Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of composite
Verb
  • Roughly 350 officers from Newport Beach and 17 other agencies including Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol converged in the area.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Every highway expansion has induced new traffic; new trips materialize or converge.
    — Pete Harrison, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Definition of converge
Adjective
  • The state also has goals, including some that have been in place since 2012, that set declining limits on smog-causing pollutants and required automakers to sell increasing percentages of electric and hybrid vehicles through 2025.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The Elora bathroom boasts the type of hybrid wet/dry layout that has become increasingly prevalent in Europe and gained a little steam in the US.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
Definition of hybrid
Verb
  • The pair met in English class on the first day of their freshman year.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The platform is scalable and can be deployed to meet the power demands of AI data centers and even support the grid.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
Definition of meet
Adjective
  • Traitors is about the gullible and the skeptical working together to sieve the fraudulent from the truthful, an amalgamated nightmare of village idiots locking themselves in the stocks and pelting each other with rotten fruit.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of amalgamated

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