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  • noun Plural form of conglomerate.

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Examples

  • The argument that changing the rules to allow greater consolodated media control by a handful of corporate conglomerates is justified because the web provides recipricol diversity of view points is flawed.

    I Heart Michael Powell, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • It was from one of the better known media conglomerates from the country, asking us to delete some 19 posts on Mediaah! as also refrain from writing about it in future.

    Archive 2005-03-01 2005

  • But veteran executives tend to be resistant to change, and the many factions found in Japanese conglomerates often slow decision making because of the value placed on consensus building.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • But veteran executives tend to be resistant to change, and the many factions found in Japanese conglomerates often slow decision making because of the value placed on consensus building.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

  • But veteran executives tend to be resistant to change, and the many factions found in Japanese conglomerates often slow decision making because of the value placed on consensus building.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

  • But veteran executives tend to be resistant to change, and the many factions found in Japanese conglomerates often slow decision making because of the value placed on consensus building.

    IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010

  • Armstrong, Ellington and Basie managed to thrive during the Depression and segregation, but label conglomerates,

    LearnHub Activities 2008

  • Examples of groups that French classifies as conglomerates are the Democratic Party, the US Congress, the US army, the Red Cross, university faculties and business corporations.

    Group Rights Jones, Peter 2008

  • But we hear rumors as well: that the conglomerates are the ones doing the threatening, both privately and openly.

    The AMPTP threatens blacklisting 2007

  • Rapid water deposits large boulders and gravels called conglomerates and breccias.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

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