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multinational efforts to negotiate a lasting peace in the region
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Recent Examples of multinational
Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2025
An expensive multinational search — the largest in aviation history — failed to turn up any clues to its location, although debris washed ashore on the east African coast and Indian Ocean islands.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
For this reason, my Senate Bill 45 focuses this requirement on only large multinational producers of soda and water sold in plastic bottles.
—Steve Padilla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Beyond just the lower corporate tax rate, many business-friendly provisions were made permanent:
Changes to taxes on foreign profits: the TCJA shifted the US toward a territorial tax system, which allows multinational corporations to avoid US taxes on most foreign earnings.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Another main issue for Rubio will be the situation in Haiti, where a multinational peacekeeping force has been in place for months struggling to prevent gangs from taking over the country.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2025
An expensive multinational search — the largest in aviation history — failed to turn up any clues to its location, although debris washed ashore on the east African coast and Indian Ocean islands.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
For this reason, my Senate Bill 45 focuses this requirement on only large multinational producers of soda and water sold in plastic bottles.
—Steve Padilla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Beyond just the lower corporate tax rate, many business-friendly provisions were made permanent:
Changes to taxes on foreign profits: the TCJA shifted the US toward a territorial tax system, which allows multinational corporations to avoid US taxes on most foreign earnings.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multinational
Adjective
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Silva was a big international pickup for the Wildcats and would’ve been considered a top-10 high school prospect according to On3.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, Toei has an experienced international production and licensing team on hand to help potential partners navigate this complex landscape.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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According to the Wall Street Journal, both Cosco Shipping and Chinese conglomerate China Merchants Group have begun informal talks with Hutchison to take over some of the ports should the BlackRock deal fail.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
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Over the ensuing decades, a handful of conglomerates came to dominate the American whiskey industry, acquiring smaller family-run distilleries at a rapid pace.—
Made by History,
Time,
8 Apr. 2025
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Mozilla's track record with Firefox is no worse than megacorporations like Google.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
5 Mar. 2025
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The giant megacorporation assumed control over the James Bond franchise following years of tenuous conversation about the series’ continuation after 2021’s No Time to Die.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Multinational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multinational. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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