as in international
involving more than two groups or countries
a multilateral treaty/agreement
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Recent Examples of multilateral
The International Monetary Fund has a central role leading the international effort to support Ukrainian reform, lessening Ukraine’s economic vulnerabilities, and better integrating the country as a market economy in the multilateral system.
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Miriam Sapiro, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Instead, Obama pursued the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—a multilateral agreement with Iran that offered sanctions relief in exchange for more scrupulous inspections and limiting its nuclear program to civilian purposes.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
In 2010, Russia voted alongside the United States on UN Security Council Resolution 1929, which imposed what were at the time the most comprehensive multilateral sanctions against Tehran.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2025
India’s prime minister will visit China this month for the first time since 2018, to attend a multilateral summit.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Miriam Sapiro, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Instead, Obama pursued the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—a multilateral agreement with Iran that offered sanctions relief in exchange for more scrupulous inspections and limiting its nuclear program to civilian purposes.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
In 2010, Russia voted alongside the United States on UN Security Council Resolution 1929, which imposed what were at the time the most comprehensive multilateral sanctions against Tehran.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2025
India’s prime minister will visit China this month for the first time since 2018, to attend a multilateral summit.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multilateral
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During the ceremony, which was hosted by actress and producer Rachael Harris, more awards were given out to spotlight international features, television and commercials in which the creative use of filming locations enhanced the tone, character and narrative of the story.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
24 Aug. 2025
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In recent years, thieves have pulled off elaborate heists of rare, million-dollar collectible cars, sometimes smuggling them out of their country of origin, retrofitting them with fake paperwork, and reselling them on the international market.—
Stayton Bonner,
Robb Report,
24 Aug. 2025
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After Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, NATO bolstered its presence on Europe's eastern flank by sending additional multinational battlegroups to Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia.—
Steven Lemongello,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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To obtain the copper ore, Resolution, which is owned by multinational companies Rio Tinto and BHP, will use a method known as block cave mining in which tunnels are drilled beneath the ore body, and then collapsed, leaving the ore to be moved to a crushing facility.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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In that email, Nelson charged five working groups, involving 40 faculty and staff, to make recommendations for changes in the divisions’s structure, foreign language instruction, and graduate programs.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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President Joe Biden allowed hardened criminals, rapists, murderers, child predators, and members of violent drug cartels and foreign terrorist organizations to cross our border with impunity.—
Riley Moore,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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While London has become a world-class food city, its culinary prestige rests largely on the contributions of immigrant chefs and multicultural influences rather than the elevation of native British dishes.—
Chris Reed,
Oc Register,
30 July 2025
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Maxwell Street Market For more than 100 years, Maxwell Street Market was a bustling hub of vendors, food, and music that reflected the city’s multicultural community.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
10 July 2025
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“Multilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multilateral. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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