far and wide
adverb
variants
or less commonly far and near
: in every direction : everywhere
searched far and wide
Examples of far and wide in a Sentence
we searched far and wide for a surgeon who could perform that delicate operation
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Blockbuster: Caravaggio 2025, Palazzo Barberini Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio—known far and wide as Caravaggio—was quite the enfant terrible.
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Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Usually developers are more than happy to broadcast their renderings far and wide, and their hesitancy here is a small but unmistakable red flag.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 6 June 2025
Paintings by Spanish muralist Josep Maria Sert fill the common rooms, and visitors from far and wide come to try the Ampurdán tasting menu at the hotel’s El Mas restaurant, where large windows offer panoramic vistas of the storybook-pretty village of Pals.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 28 May 2025
That’s why all women golfers – from newbies to long-timers – should (and often do) partake in Women’s Golf Day events and find other ways to continue the goal of making golf accessible and comfortable for women far and wide.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 22 May 2025
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Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Usually developers are more than happy to broadcast their renderings far and wide, and their hesitancy here is a small but unmistakable red flag.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 6 June 2025
Paintings by Spanish muralist Josep Maria Sert fill the common rooms, and visitors from far and wide come to try the Ampurdán tasting menu at the hotel’s El Mas restaurant, where large windows offer panoramic vistas of the storybook-pretty village of Pals.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 28 May 2025
That’s why all women golfers – from newbies to long-timers – should (and often do) partake in Women’s Golf Day events and find other ways to continue the goal of making golf accessible and comfortable for women far and wide.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for far and wide
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“Far and wide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20and%20wide. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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