wide-open

adjective

: having virtually no limits or restrictions
a wide-open town

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Some of the holes are wide-open, but there are big trees. Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025 The Capitals tried to hold on, and a defensive-zone mess allowed Nick Suzuki to tie it with 4:15 left on a shot into a wide-open net after goaltender Logan Thompson slid out of the crease. Stephen Whyno, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025 Sez Me … The draft is about to waft through the NFL’s wide-open window of opportunity. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025 Just down a stairwell past the Tonight Show entrance at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, behind the wide-open golden doors of Rough Trade Below, a Sam Fender track buzzed from the speakers while Mark Ellinger, in town from Montreal to chaperone a high-school field trip, looked through a box of used vinyl. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wide-open

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wide-open was in 1858

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“Wide-open.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-open. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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