conglomeration

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Barry Diller, the IAC overlord who has spent years attempting to sell the world on the idea of an internet conglomerate, now admits that conglomeration was a bad idea from the start.

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  1. noun The act or process of conglomerating.
  2. noun The state of being conglomerated.
  3. noun An accumulation of miscellaneous things.

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  • He sat opposite Anton Chekhov and, looking fixedly into Chekhov's face with his black eyes, said in a melancholy bass voice From such impressions of existence within the space of the tutorial session there comes a psychical conglomeration which crushes every possibility of an objective attitude towards the surrounding universe. —  Reminiscences of Chekhov
  • Downey was like a conglomeration of five different people. —  GaspingforAirtime
  • The film will be the first of four direct-to-DVD titles to be co-produced by Fox Home Video and the World Wrestling Entertainment conglomeration, and it stars the amazing Mr. Kennedy (aka Ken Anderson), best known for his immaculate ringside SmackDowns. —  Latest News - MovieWeb.com
  • They allow use to have language and to find ways to cooperate to better survive together, as a conglomeration of individuals. —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
  • So while the MLB Network is national, Petitti likes to think of it as a conglomeration of regional interests. —  Sportsfrog.com
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  1. = French conglomération = Spanish conglomeracion = Portuguese conglomeração, from Late Latin conglomeratio(n-), from Latin conglomerare, past participle comglomeratus, roll together: see conglomerate, v.
 

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