Group of Eight

British  

noun

1.  G8.  the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations

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Group of Eight Cultural  

1. The world's leading industrial nations (Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States) whose leaders meet regularly to discuss the world's economic problems. Often called the G-8. In recent years their meetings have become the scenes of large and sometimes violent protests against the global economy.

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Example Sentences

It was only 10 years ago when Putin stood proudly among his peers at the time -– Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Shinzo Abe – at a Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2023

At a Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, a few days later, Bush gave Merkel an impromptu neck-and-shoulder rub that quickly spread across the internet.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021

Vicki Thomson, chief executive of the Group of Eight, which represents leading research universities in Australia, said in a statement that the flexible funding arrangement “enables us to do what is needed now”.

From Nature • Oct. 6, 2020

“Nuts,” said Robert Goodwin, a George W. Bush appointee who ran the 2004 Group of Eight summit at Sea Island, said of the idea of a Doral summit.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2019

Outer Walls of the Group of Eight Palaces The impressive simplicity of the outer walls is enhanced by a succession and variety of portals, niches and arcades of Spanish and Italian origin of great beauty.

From The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Mullgardt, Louis Christian