cross-border
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of cross-border
1890–95, for an earlier sense
Example Sentences
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Global liquidity measures the total ease of financing, availability of credit, and volume of cross-border financial flows across world markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Malaysian Meteorological Department urged locals to stay indoors, with director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip blaming a "cross-border haze phenomenon from Kalimantan."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
UOB will also utilize its regional footprint to grow more cross-border client activity, expecting opportunities to capture rising wealth, trade and investment flows across Asean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Because Japanese institutions are the world’s largest cross-border creditors, rising yields at home weaken the case for owning foreign debt and give capital parked in U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The economy depends on foreign and cross-border workers for about 60% of its labor force.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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