as in foreign
relating to or involving two or more nations
an international trade agreement
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Recent Examples of international
This tournament works here because this city does not treat international baseball as an occasional event.
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Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Across these pairings, the retrospective illustrates how early festival exposure and development support helped propel emerging filmmakers onto the international stage.
—Essie Assibu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
Below is a snapshot of international opinions and viewpoints on the conflict.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Trick will be distributed in Italian theaters by 01 Distribution, while Rai Cinema International Distribution handles international sales.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
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Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Across these pairings, the retrospective illustrates how early festival exposure and development support helped propel emerging filmmakers onto the international stage.
—Essie Assibu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
Below is a snapshot of international opinions and viewpoints on the conflict.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Trick will be distributed in Italian theaters by 01 Distribution, while Rai Cinema International Distribution handles international sales.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for international
Adjective
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Such a distinction had only ever applied to infrastructure firms, like Huawei or Kaspersky Labs, with ties to adversarial foreign governments, and there was no domestic precedent.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Sticking with BCIs, companies like NMT are being pushed by China to help compete with potential foreign rivals like Neuralink or Synchron.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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France earlier said six soldiers had been hurt in a drone strike in Irbil, where French troops are deployed as part of a multinational counterterrorism mission supporting Iraqi forces in their fight against Islamic State militants.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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The expansion extends to multinational companies, too.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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The decisive action of the Mexican government is positive for families on both sides of the border who suffer the devastating consequences of the activities of these transnational criminals.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Now, following the assassination of Khamenei, one of the most revered figures in Shia Islam, Shia extremists could replace Sunni jihadists as the biggest transnational terrorist threat.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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“International.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/international. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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