globalization

noun

glob·al·i·za·tion ˌglō-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən

: the act or process of globalizing : the state of being globalized

especially : the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets

Examples of globalization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trump used the speech, delivered three weeks before he would be nominated for the first time in Cleveland, to rail against international trade agreements and the bogeyman of globalization. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024 The far right tapped into voter frustration with inflation and low incomes and a sense that many French families are being left behind by globalization. —

John Leicester, arkansasonline.com, 2 July 2024 This was a reversal without economic justification: trade skepticism was imported from the United States, where globalization was blamed for killing off traditional manufacturing, into countries where globalization had just lifted many millions out of poverty. —

Dev Patel, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2024 But public awareness of the costs of globalization started to grow in the early 1990s, thanks to stories and reports from human rights organizations and newsrooms that laid out the abysmal working conditions and standards of major brands, often in their factories overseas. —

Sam Delgado, Vox, 5 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for globalization

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