anticompetitive
adjective
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Definition of anticompetitive
: tending to reduce or discourage competition
Examples of anticompetitive in a Sentence
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As Bergmayer wrote in an earlier blog post, however, things like anticompetitive behavior could already be considered a form of bad faith. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Google’s internal activism is spreading across tech companies," 14 Aug. 2019 Regulators in developing countries have also been tougher on anticompetitive behaviour than their counterparts in America and Europe. — The Economist, "Baby Amazons take on their American role model," 1 Aug. 2019 And enforcers need to bring more monopolization cases, like United States v. Microsoft Corp., that go after anticompetitive conduct. — Sally Hubbard For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Facebook needs more than a $5 billion fine. It needs a new business model," 25 July 2019 Instead, the objective standard is whether a company engages in anticompetitive behavior, thereby driving up prices for consumers. — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, "Facebook is facing two antitrust probes," 25 July 2019 European authorities have been the world’s most aggressive regulators of the tech industry — and a persistent source of friction with Washington — penalizing American companies for anticompetitive behavior, tax avoidance and privacy lapses. — New York Times, "U.S. Announces Inquiry of French Digital Tax That May End in Tariffs," 10 July 2019 Lina Khan, and revive a doctrine that antitrust is a tool to use not just when business practices are anticompetitive, but when a single company amasses too much market power? — Jeff Berman, Vox, "Big Tech needs regulation, but DC must go to school before it goes to work," 14 June 2019 Vinje said that wasn’t good enough and U.S. regulators would be better off taking guidance from German authorities, who issued a recent ruling on Facebook that took a different approach to tackling anticompetitive behavior. — Washington Post, "Europe shows challenges for US regulators targeting Big Tech," 7 June 2019 And since early 2018, the Department of Justice has been investigating TicketMaster’s parent company Live Nation for anticompetitive practices. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "Most Read," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anticompetitive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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