multiregional
/ˌmʌltiˈridʒənəl/
adjective
- Involving or relating to more than one region, especially in terms of geography, business, or culture.
- The study examined multiregional climate patterns across North America and Europe.
- The company adopted a multiregional strategy to expand into Asia, Europe, and South America.
- Multiregional trade agreements help reduce tariffs between neighboring countries.
- Describing a theory or approach that considers multiple regions as sources of development, such as the multiregional hypothesis of human evolution.
- The textbook compared the multiregional theory with the out-of-Africa hypothesis.
- The multiregional model suggests that modern humans evolved in several parts of the world at the same time.
- Some archaeologists support a multiregional explanation for the spread of ancient farming techniques.
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