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
The statement came after reports earlier this week that United CEO Scott Kirby had pitched President Trump on the potential megadeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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
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
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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