transnational
adjective
trans·na·tion·al
(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈna-sh(ə-)nəl 
(ˌ)tranz-
: extending or going beyond national boundaries
transnational corporations
Examples of transnational in a Sentence
climate change is a transnational problem that requires a transnational solution
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Since then, Red Command has become a massive, transnational criminal group, involved in drug trafficking and extortion.
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Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
The book reaches beyond India, though, and lays out how a transnational empire of fraud is being built in which Indians, alongside unemployed young people from dozens of low-income countries, have become foot soldiers in these scamming operations, sometimes conscripted against their will.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Antifa International, a transnational network working to set up antifa cells worldwide, provides material support to hundreds of antifa militants by way of its bail fund.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
The great infrastructure projects of the last century included airports, transnational highways, and deep water harbors that accommodated cargo containers.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
The book reaches beyond India, though, and lays out how a transnational empire of fraud is being built in which Indians, alongside unemployed young people from dozens of low-income countries, have become foot soldiers in these scamming operations, sometimes conscripted against their will.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Antifa International, a transnational network working to set up antifa cells worldwide, provides material support to hundreds of antifa militants by way of its bail fund.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
The great infrastructure projects of the last century included airports, transnational highways, and deep water harbors that accommodated cargo containers.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for transnational
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“Transnational.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transnational. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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