multibillion
adjective
mul·ti·bil·lion
ˌməl-tē-ˈbi(l)-yən 
-ˌtī-
: being, involving, or worth many billions (as of dollars or pounds)
a multibillion dollar industry
The hoi polloi of the arts world paid tribute to an actor who helped turn the number 007 into a multibillion film series …—
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The Taliban has further tightened restrictions on Afghan women by banning them from working for the United Nations, putting at risk the agency’s multibillion-dollar aid program in Afghanistan.
—Saeed Shah, wsj.com, 4 Apr. 2023
The defendants are alleged to have been working as unregistered agents of the Chinese government in the U.S. Guo has since been arrested and charged in a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme of his own.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
There is a thriving market for captagon in the Gulf, and United Nations and Western anti-narcotics drug officials say Syria, shattered by a decade of civil war, has become the region’s main production site for a multibillion-dollar drug trade that also exports to Europe.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
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Saeed Shah, wsj.com, 4 Apr. 2023
The defendants are alleged to have been working as unregistered agents of the Chinese government in the U.S. Guo has since been arrested and charged in a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme of his own.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
There is a thriving market for captagon in the Gulf, and United Nations and Western anti-narcotics drug officials say Syria, shattered by a decade of civil war, has become the region’s main production site for a multibillion-dollar drug trade that also exports to Europe.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
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“Multibillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multibillion. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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