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multinational efforts to negotiate a lasting peace in the region
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Recent Examples of multinational
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
Adidas also remains embroiled in a long-running multinational trademark battle with Thom Browne regarding the use of stripes.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
To overcome that failure, the terms of the latest agreement focus on the Lebanese Armed Forces and Lebanese security forces to ensure enforcement, and have established a multinational monitoring force, chaired by the U.S., to deter any violations of the agreement.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
The findings upended Latin America’s political landscape, shutting down multinational businesses and leading to billions of dollars in fines and hundreds of convictions.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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The Walton family, which is best known for creating the multinational Walmart chain of stores, is the richest clan on the planet, with a record net worth of $432.4 billion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
Adidas also remains embroiled in a long-running multinational trademark battle with Thom Browne regarding the use of stripes.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
To overcome that failure, the terms of the latest agreement focus on the Lebanese Armed Forces and Lebanese security forces to ensure enforcement, and have established a multinational monitoring force, chaired by the U.S., to deter any violations of the agreement.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
The findings upended Latin America’s political landscape, shutting down multinational businesses and leading to billions of dollars in fines and hundreds of convictions.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multinational
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Why cars may incur more tariffs than other goods The automotive sector’s supply chain is unique because some pieces move back and forth across international borders while the part is built and assembled, experts say.Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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Americans have become unreliable underwriters of the international order.Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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Occidental Petroleum , Sirius XM , Verisign — The stocks continued to rise in Monday’s premarket after Warren Buffett disclosed last week that his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate added to its stake in each name.Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Laborers must pay one mega-organization to push another conglomerate to pay them better wages.The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024
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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 5 Jan. 2025.
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