broad-based
adjective
: involving or attracting many different types of people
a broad-based environmental movement
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This will be difficult as the country’s economy is less broad-based compared with India and less cohesive compared with Sri Lanka, which has smartly recovered from its own revolution in 2022.
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Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
California’s tax runs against the spirit of a 1991 federal law which required that, to attract federal matches, state provider taxes had to be broad-based and uniform.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
The selloff was broad-based, with multinationals and manufacturers particularly hard-hit.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
Selloffs like the one at the beginning of April are broad-based and tend not to be very discerning, as big money investors look to unload exposure — selling first and asking questions later.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
California’s tax runs against the spirit of a 1991 federal law which required that, to attract federal matches, state provider taxes had to be broad-based and uniform.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
The selloff was broad-based, with multinationals and manufacturers particularly hard-hit.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
Selloffs like the one at the beginning of April are broad-based and tend not to be very discerning, as big money investors look to unload exposure — selling first and asking questions later.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for broad-based
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“Broad-based.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-based. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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