megadeal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of megadeal
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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In this, the year of the megadeal, barely a week in this newsroom has gone by without our covering some transformational tie-up or moonshot acquisition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The megadeal delay could last until June 2027 and trigger hundreds of millions of dollars in fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He also owned the Atlanta Hawks NBA team and Atlanta Thrashers NHL team, both of which were transferred to Time Warner as part of the 1996 megadeal.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
The funding round, the third megadeal in the past year, follows a $13 billion investment in September that valued the company at $183 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The quote was from Ted Turner, the billionaire media mogul, founder of CNN, who had been lamenting his inability to snatch up the CBS network in a corporate megadeal.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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