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Recent Examples of multinational
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Unlike many multinational companies, Boeing builds all of its planes at US factories before sending nearly two-thirds of its commercial planes to customers outside the United States.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Then there’s commitment-phobic Chris (Yang), Angela’s best friend, and his boyfriend Min (Han), an artist and the heir to a giant multinational corporation who is not out to his conservative family in Korea.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The Dutch multinational banking company ING Group, which held its No. 1 position from 2024 in Australia, Germany, Poland and Spain, has also been focusing on offering personalized experiences through new technologies.
—Haniya Rae, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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The production is a multinational effort produced by Choo Mun Bel (Malaysia’s Sixtymac Pictures), Bradley Liew (Philippines’ Epicmedia Productions) and Dominique Welinski (France’s DW).
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Unlike many multinational companies, Boeing builds all of its planes at US factories before sending nearly two-thirds of its commercial planes to customers outside the United States.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Then there’s commitment-phobic Chris (Yang), Angela’s best friend, and his boyfriend Min (Han), an artist and the heir to a giant multinational corporation who is not out to his conservative family in Korea.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The Dutch multinational banking company ING Group, which held its No. 1 position from 2024 in Australia, Germany, Poland and Spain, has also been focusing on offering personalized experiences through new technologies.
—Haniya Rae, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multinational
Adjective
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This immersive experience successfully showcased Buldak to a diverse, international audience, cementing its status as the ultimate representative of Korea’s bold culinary influence.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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During an international crisis, a submarine can be quietly deployed unseen to a trouble-spot to act as an observer or a deterrent, then removed just as quietly.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Apr. 2025
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Now, his conglomerate BALFIN Group operates in 10 countries and recorded a net profit of $120 million on $880 million sales in 2024, up 31% and 14% from 2023, respectively.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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As a result, the conglomerate’s shares fell over 8 percent.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2025
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All are narrated by Murderbot, who is technically owned by a megacorporation but manages to hack and override its governor module.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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Based on Martha Wells' best-selling sci-fi saga The Murderbot Diaries, the 10-episode series follows a security robot, owned by a futuristic megacorporation, who is rented to protect the crew of a space exploration mission.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Multinational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multinational. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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