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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
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
This settlement will create stronger oversight at Bright Horizons locations, holding a multinational company accountable to the local laws of New York City and protecting every young New Yorker.
—Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
The Disney of the late '70s was a very different place from the modern-day multinational that can boast Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, a streaming service, and numerous theme parks among its many assets.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Sparks and bullets fly when these opposites are partnered to track down a billion-dollar cache of deadly opioids stolen from the vault of a multinational pharmaceutical company that threaten to flood the streets of Chicago.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
This settlement will create stronger oversight at Bright Horizons locations, holding a multinational company accountable to the local laws of New York City and protecting every young New Yorker.
—Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
That put me in the minority of a generation of eaters who transformed what started in 1993 as a small Denver restaurant into a multibillion multinational with nearly 4,000 locations.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
The Disney of the late '70s was a very different place from the modern-day multinational that can boast Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, a streaming service, and numerous theme parks among its many assets.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multinational
Adjective
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The two flight attendants visited a bar in Medellin's El Poblado neighborhood popular with international tourists, according to family and friends, as well as Colombian officials.—
Cristian Benavides,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The scandal is now expanding into an international investigation, placing Miami at the center of a complex web of shell companies, offshore transfers and opaque financial flows.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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This was not cultural architecture as economic engine, but architectural complexity as conspicuous consumption—a questionable evolution, if also an appropriate one for the most valuable luxury conglomerate in the world.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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Community members, organizers, local officials and the Journal Sentinel sought further details about the grocery conglomerate’s decision, to no avail.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 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 31 Mar. 2026.
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