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relating to or involving two or more nations
multinational efforts to negotiate a lasting peace in the region
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Recent Examples of multinational
Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
Progressive caucus members have also discussed legislation to tighten the reporting requirements for multinational corporations who might shift profits into tax havens offshore.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Offering the same employee proposition doesn’t mean the company can copy and paste its culture into different societies; however, a challenge for any budding multinational.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Major Japanese multinational retail holding company Fast Retailing Group has announced the appointment of Francesco Risso as creative director of GU, a sister brand of Japanese apparel giant Uniqlo, as part of the group’s corporate direction to strengthen GU’s global presence.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
Progressive caucus members have also discussed legislation to tighten the reporting requirements for multinational corporations who might shift profits into tax havens offshore.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
Of all those most threatened by the financialization of European small business, the biggest, most successful and longest-surviving multinational the world had ever seen, the Church, with its corporate headquarters in Rome, had a lot to be worried about.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Offering the same employee proposition doesn’t mean the company can copy and paste its culture into different societies; however, a challenge for any budding multinational.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multinational
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The opening of the first Four Seasons in the area generated considerable international attention, driven largely by brand recognition.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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This commitment has earned international recognition.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Today a 70% share of Valentino is owned by Mayhoola of Qatar, the remaining 30% by Kering, the French luxury conglomerate, which is in possession of the option to take full ownership by the end of the decade.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Rubio has long been laser-focused on targeting the Cuban military, and the administration is likely to ratchet up pressure on GAESA, the armed forces’ conglomerate that controls at least 40% of the country’s economy.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Now, however, the ultimate decisions about what happens at ABC and CBS are made by executives at the megacorporations that own them.—
Oscar Winberg,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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The secretive acts of Weyland-Yutani, the megacorporation that is apparently involved in everything in the universe, has fueled countless Alien stories.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Multinational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multinational. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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