megadeal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of megadeal
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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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
But Merck has spent roughly $25 billion on acquisitions in the past year, leaving little room for a megadeal without threatening its investment-grade credit rating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Another week, another megadeal involving Big Tech players jockeying to power the artificial-intelligence wave — with large sums of money moving between them.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025
If Nacua remains injury free and he maintains or increases his production, he could have a potential megadeal in hand before 2026 training camp.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025
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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