multinational conglomerate

collocation in English

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multinational
adjective
uk
/ˌmʌl.tiˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˌmʌl.t̬iˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
involving several different countries, or (of a business) producing and selling goods in several ...
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conglomerate
noun
uk
/kənˈɡlɒm.ər.ət/us
/kənˈɡlɑː.mɚ.ət/
a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually ...
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(Definition ofmultinationalandconglomeratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The proposals in essence give a greater degree of national control to the parent body, thereby reducing themultinationalconglomeratehold on policy decisions.
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In fact, it can end in disaster because the big company is often part of amultinationalconglomerate.
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Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massivemultinationalconglomeratemacrobreweries.
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Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries to microbreweries to massivemultinationalconglomeratemacrobreweries.
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He grew the company from a medium-sized business with $765 million sales in 1961 intomultinationalconglomeratewith $17 billion sales in 1970.
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But water itself and its distribution have become a colossal source of profits for the multinational conglomerates.
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If regulation is unable to protect consumers now in respect of a stand-alone utility, will it not be completely inadequate to deal with multinational conglomerates?
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The fact is that, whether multinational conglomerates or high street retailing chains, they are none of them part of the same purchasing and selling consortium.
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Brewing companies range widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, ranging from small breweries to massive multinational conglomerates.
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It has grown to become one of the world's top ten multinational conglomerates.
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Benos success made the business more attractive to multinational conglomerates and led to huge investment.
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Huge multinational conglomerates compete to build floating farms equipped with desalination and solar power plants floating along the coastline to produce the needed vegetables that have become highly priced commodities.
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