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 44-year-old Canadian national, who is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, is wanted for allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking operation that ships cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other locations, according to the FBI.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2025
Tucson Sector Border Patrol Chief John Modlin testified before Congress that the majority of gotaways were single military age men working for transnational criminal human and drug smuggling organizations, The Center Square reported.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
The sides also agreed to cooperate in suppressing transnational crimes.
—CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
Nineteen people were charged for allegedly submitting nearly $11 billion in false Medicare claims for urinary catheters, activity that prosecutors attributed to a transnational criminal organization.
—Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 19 Dec. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2025
Tucson Sector Border Patrol Chief John Modlin testified before Congress that the majority of gotaways were single military age men working for transnational criminal human and drug smuggling organizations, The Center Square reported.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
The sides also agreed to cooperate in suppressing transnational crimes.
—CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025
Nineteen people were charged for allegedly submitting nearly $11 billion in false Medicare claims for urinary catheters, activity that prosecutors attributed to a transnational criminal organization.
—Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 19 Dec. 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 5 Jan. 2026.
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