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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
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 27 June 2025
That’s not inherently true—oftentimes, multinational corporations are the primary beneficiary of tourism spending, explains Møgelhøj.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2025
An American multinational payment card services corporation, Visa was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
—Randy Bean, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
And then, tying that in with a kind of multinational, espionage thriller that never really stops moving.
—Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 19 June 2025
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That measure would tax multinational tech companies for revenue collected — for example from advertising — from providing services to Canadian users.
—Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 27 June 2025
That’s not inherently true—oftentimes, multinational corporations are the primary beneficiary of tourism spending, explains Møgelhøj.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2025
An American multinational payment card services corporation, Visa was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
—Randy Bean, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
And then, tying that in with a kind of multinational, espionage thriller that never really stops moving.
—Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multinational
Adjective
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President Vladimir Putin, who spoke via videoconference, continues to mostly avoid traveling abroad due to an international arrest warrant issued after Russia invaded Ukraine.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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Among the vendors is GardaWorld Federal Services, an international security company that has contracts for immigration detention services with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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The State Department is also adding 11 hotels to its Cuba restriction list and its Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List, which include companies and properties linked to the Cuban government and the military conglomerate GAESA.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Legendary last year bought out the stake Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group owned in the company.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
11 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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