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cross-national

American  
[kraws-nash-uh-nl, -nash-nuhl, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˈnæʃ ə nl, -ˈnæʃ nəl, ˈkrɒs- /

adjective

  1. pertaining to or involving two or more nations.


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I read about Ian Stevenson’s cross-national studies of childhood memories of previous lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

In the 1920s and 30s, it was uncommon to find cross-national friendships, let alone close, platonic relationships between three men and a woman.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

That's one of the key findings of a cross-national study recently published in Current Biology, part of an extensive data-collection process that involved about 500 researchers from Brazil and other countries.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2023

In recent years, the dwindling number of surviving students, their families and those who have researched its history have come to share a sense of cross-national unity.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

Many of them now align with the EU and even with the West’s cross-national military organization, NATO.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

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