multilateral
Americanadjective
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having several or many sides; many-sided.
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participated in by more than two nations, parties, etc.; multipartite.
multilateral agreements on disarmament.
adjective
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of or involving more than two nations or parties
a multilateral pact
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having many sides
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Instead he suggested like-minded nations should club together to create a new form of multilateral global governance in an increasingly turbulent world where – in the minds of some others - might is right.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
However, economists at the WTO don’t believe the status quo can be sustained, and instead called for a concerted effort to repair and refresh the multilateral trade system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Yet in 2025, climate finance from multilateral development banks to low- and middle-income countries topped $103 billion—nearly half of all their financing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
But he added that "it is clear that new multilateral regional structures ... are organically integrating into the architecture of a multipolar world alongside the United Nations".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
I could escape the stage-managed multilateral meetings and sit-downs with leaders and find new ways to bring a little extra warmth to those otherwise staid visits.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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