widely distributed
idiom
: existing over a large area
The plant is widely distributed throughout the world.
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OpenAI’s position is that one route to ensuring the gains from AI are widely distributed is to put the technology into the hands of more people.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2025
They were not known to have been widely distributed.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 17 July 2025
These offerings are typically shelf-stable, processed, and widely distributed through grocery channels.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
This suggests the species was widely distributed, Barrett said, hypothesizing that other fossils of it simply haven’t been found yet.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2025
They were not known to have been widely distributed.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 17 July 2025
These offerings are typically shelf-stable, processed, and widely distributed through grocery channels.
—Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
This suggests the species was widely distributed, Barrett said, hypothesizing that other fossils of it simply haven’t been found yet.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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“Widely distributed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widely%20distributed. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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