globalization

noun

glob·al·i·za·tion ˌglō-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən

: the act or process of globalizing : the state of being globalized

especially : the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets

Examples of globalization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Traveling and eating locally becomes an antidote to globalization. —

Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 3 June 2024 Image Image For decades, the world had seemed compressed, the continents bridged by container ships, internet links and exuberant faith in globalization. —

Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 June 2024 The effect of Chinese imports on the continent is beginning to draw comparisons with the effect of Japanese competition and wider globalization on America’s Rust Belt in the 1970s and 1980s, which decimated manufacturing jobs in several states. —

Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 May 2024 With globalization and a U.S. economy relying on the links between industries and regions, the impact remains to be seen how layoffs at one company or in one sector can affect workers in completely different companies, sectors and regions. —

Ascend Agency, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for globalization

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