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relating to or involving two or more nations
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Recent Examples of multinational
Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Over 600 multinational companies have either already done so, or stated their intention to relocate to Riyadh, and the kingdom issued around 14,300 foreign investment licenses in 2024, reflecting a wave of new market entrants.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 July 2025
Across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, organizations—from multinational banks like HSBC and Standard Chartered to Saudi Aramco—are increasingly adopting large language models from Chinese firms such as DeepSeek and Alibaba as alternatives to U.S. offerings like ChatGPT.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 3 July 2025
BrewDog, the multinational brewery, recently announced the closure of its Cincinnati location.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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On one side: multinational corporations with teams of psychologists, data scientists and behavioral economists.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Over 600 multinational companies have either already done so, or stated their intention to relocate to Riyadh, and the kingdom issued around 14,300 foreign investment licenses in 2024, reflecting a wave of new market entrants.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 July 2025
Across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, organizations—from multinational banks like HSBC and Standard Chartered to Saudi Aramco—are increasingly adopting large language models from Chinese firms such as DeepSeek and Alibaba as alternatives to U.S. offerings like ChatGPT.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 3 July 2025
BrewDog, the multinational brewery, recently announced the closure of its Cincinnati location.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multinational
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British soldiers were sent to Afghanistan as part of an international deployment against al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
20 July 2025
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Its international impact is much larger as a result and Liberty Media is hoping to inch closer to NASCAR and become a bigger threat in America.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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The new conglomerate, expected to be finalized by the end of the year, also includes the USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, Syfy and the Golf Channel, along with Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, SportsEngine and GolfNow.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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While both are fair subjects for criticism, Howze misses an opportunity for sharper, more specific satire by flattening the outsiders into a conglomerate threat.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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Well, according to Pixar's Monsters, Inc., the source is a megacorporation where children's screams are harvested and turned into energy.—
Meg Walters,
EW.com,
19 June 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, that is rented to protect the crew of a space exploration mission.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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“Multinational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multinational. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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