transnational
adjective
trans·na·tion·al
(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈna-sh(ə-)nəl 
(ˌ)tranz-
: extending or going beyond national boundaries
transnational corporations
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climate change is a transnational problem that requires a transnational solution
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The prosecution of Russell also offers insight to how American law enforcement and intelligence agencies collaborate with their foreign counterparts to combat the transnational far-right milieu that spawned the Terrorgram Collective.
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Ali Winston, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
The president’s designation comes months after the Biden administration, in July, designated Tren de Aragua a significant transnational criminal organization.
—Rafael Romo, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
The State of Texas will continue to monitor the area closely & use every resource available to prevent transnational threats to our law enforcement partners & the homeland.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The answers, as the artists traced the beleaguered Lebanese electricity authority’s troubles back more than a century, always had to do with graft and transnational exploitation.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ali Winston, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
The president’s designation comes months after the Biden administration, in July, designated Tren de Aragua a significant transnational criminal organization.
—Rafael Romo, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
The State of Texas will continue to monitor the area closely & use every resource available to prevent transnational threats to our law enforcement partners & the homeland.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The answers, as the artists traced the beleaguered Lebanese electricity authority’s troubles back more than a century, always had to do with graft and transnational exploitation.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Transnational.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transnational. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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