empire

noun

ˈem-ˌpī(-ə)r How to pronounce empire (audio)
Definition of empirenext
as in conglomerate
a group of businesses or enterprises under one control the media mogul's empire consists of newspapers, TV stations, and cable companies

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Recent Examples of empire So did his friendly rival, John Adams, who wrote of his dream ‘…to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen, without one noble or one king among them. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026 In what is now the United States' desert Southwest, Velarde was born during the waning years of the Spanish empire and a border whose boundaries and governments changed. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Decades of Hollywood empire-building ended with a quake in 2017 when Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch decided to sell much of his Fox entertainment holdings amid the rise of Netflix and other tech giants. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 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 See All Example Sentences for empire
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conglomerate
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  • The aluminum venture also deepens the relationship between IHC — chaired by Abu Dhabi’s deputy ruler Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed — and billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate, following IHC’s $2 billion investment in Adani companies in 2022.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
  • Lotte Shopping, the retail conglomerate that controls Lotte Cinema operator Lotte Cultureworks, disclosed in a regulatory filing that its memorandum of understanding with Megabox parent Contentree JoongAng was terminated on June 30.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
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“Empire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empire. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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