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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
Samya Kullab and Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
This provision could have profound implications for Swiss multinational corporations in high-emission sectors like cement, chemicals, and manufacturing.
—Phil De Luna, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The French multinational retailer of beauty and skin care products celebrates the Lunar New Year with a sample set of must-have beauty items from fragrances to skin care, makeup and more.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
Huge multinational corporations — including Westlake Chemicals, Citgo Petroleum, LyondellBasell and ConocoPhillips — have plants just a few miles from Robertson’s home and the office of her environmental nonprofit.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
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Though the initiative would occur outside of the NATO format, one Western official pointed to NATO’s multinational battalions in the Baltic countries — which, unlike Ukraine, are members of the alliance — as a possible model.
—Samya Kullab and Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
This provision could have profound implications for Swiss multinational corporations in high-emission sectors like cement, chemicals, and manufacturing.
—Phil De Luna, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The French multinational retailer of beauty and skin care products celebrates the Lunar New Year with a sample set of must-have beauty items from fragrances to skin care, makeup and more.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
Huge multinational corporations — including Westlake Chemicals, Citgo Petroleum, LyondellBasell and ConocoPhillips — have plants just a few miles from Robertson’s home and the office of her environmental nonprofit.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multinational
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The Day One orders affect immigration processes, grant clemency to people convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot; erase Biden administration changes to the country; pull back from international alliances and give a TikTok ban an extension.—
The Hill Staff,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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The conglomerate led by the Hartono brothers took over Como in 2019 and are the richest owners in Serie A. Since last summer, Como have brought in 22 players (either on transfers, loan deals or as free agents) and spent €78m, according to Transfermarkt.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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His father, Ho Rih Hwa, was a businessman who co-founded the Thai Wah Public Company and headed the Wah Chang Group, conglomerates with operations across Asia.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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The show follows a megacorporation called Lumon Industries, which utilizes a new procedure called severance that allows workers to spatially split their brains, creating two selves: one who works for Lumon, and another who lives life on the outside.—
Andrew Webster,
The Verge,
7 Dec. 2024
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Fundamentally, the coming tax debate is about who holds the reins in shaping our economy: megacorporations and their wealthy shareholders, or the everyday people who keep the economy humming.—
Rakeen Mabud,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Aug. 2024
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“Multinational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multinational. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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