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noun

globalisation

growth to a global or worldwide scale

In a sentence

Six example sentences with globalisation, each labelled with its topic.

  • Container shipping did more for globalisation than any treaty, cutting the cost of moving a crate to almost nothing.

    Economics

  • The firm's globalisation took eleven years: one office in Lisbon, then Nairobi, then a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City.

    Business

  • Reggaeton's globalisation happened on playlists, not radio, and within four years the rhythm was on records from Seoul to Lagos.

    Music

  • Sushi's globalisation took a single generation, and now a supermarket in Nebraska sells rolls that Tokyo would not recognize.

    Cooking

  • The globalisation of software support means a ticket filed in Denver at midnight is answered by a team in Manila.

    Technology

  • Globalisation became a campaign issue when factory towns blamed distant markets for the closures on their own main streets.

    Politics

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