transnational
adjective
trans·na·tion·al
(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈna-sh(ə-)nəl 
(ˌ)tranz-
: extending or going beyond national boundaries
transnational corporations
Examples of transnational in a Sentence
climate change is a transnational problem that requires a transnational solution
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The warrant was one of some 20 served across Yuba, Sutter, Butte and Tehama counties, part of a years-long investigation into transnational drug trafficking by NET-5, the multiagency Yuba-Sutter Narcotics and Gang Task Force.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
This surge in resources is part of a broader strategy supported by a $60 million investment over four years to prevent drug trafficking by transnational criminal organizations.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
At the moment, their cause de jour is criminal aliens like those belonging to Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal organization from Venezuela, and the defense of government bloat and inefficiency, something even Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama railed against.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
An Army veteran police officer was killed in a shootout during an operational crackdown on transnational drug trafficking organizations infiltrating illicit drugs into the United States, California officials said Wednesday.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
This surge in resources is part of a broader strategy supported by a $60 million investment over four years to prevent drug trafficking by transnational criminal organizations.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
At the moment, their cause de jour is criminal aliens like those belonging to Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal organization from Venezuela, and the defense of government bloat and inefficiency, something even Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama railed against.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
An Army veteran police officer was killed in a shootout during an operational crackdown on transnational drug trafficking organizations infiltrating illicit drugs into the United States, California officials said Wednesday.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for transnational
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“Transnational.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transnational. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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