How to Use broad-based in a Sentence

broad-based

adjective
  • In short, the employment gains haven’t been broad-based.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The pace of growth has overall been solid—if not broad-based—but softened in May.
    — Solcyré Burga, Time, 6 June 2025
  • The state's sales tax revenue gains in June were broad-based compared to a year ago, said Shelnutt.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
  • The September job gains were fairly broad-based, a healthy sign.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The selloff was broad-based, spanning a range of property and tech stocks.
    — Matthew Thomas, WSJ, 20 June 2023
  • Sentiment declines were broad-based and seen across incomes, wealth and age groups.
    — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The ideal tax system is one that is simple, that is broad-based, and that leaves the field free for prodigious economic growth.
    — The Editors, National Review, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Conference Board said the rebound in confidence this month was broad-based across all ages and income groups.
    — Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
  • The increase in rejections was broad-based across age groups and highest among those with credit scores below 680.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Conference Board report notes that April’s fall in confidence was broad-based across all age groups and most income groups.
    — Kevin Williams, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The increase in pessimism was broad-based and carried across both higher- and lower-income households, as well as older and younger ones.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Advertisement The slowdown in hiring last month was broad-based.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Job growth was broad-based, even if less vigorous than the eye-popping numbers of 2022, when the nation was rapidly digging out of a deep pandemic deficit.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • This phenomenon leaves most investors confused as to why this recent bull market run hasn’t been more broad-based.
    — Ivan Illan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Inflows were broad-based across sectors, with living assets such as multiple dwellings and student housing leading the charge, up 43% over the year.
    — Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Gas and shelter costs contributed more than half of that monthly increase, but price increases were broad-based, according to the BLS.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The losses were broad-based across sectors, led by the technology companies.
    — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 12 May 2025
  • The Conference Board stated that the rebound in confidence this month was broad-based, affecting all age groups and income levels.
    — Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
  • The May job gains were broad-based, with some of the largest increases seen in professional and business services, government, health care and leisure and hospitality.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • There had been some speculation that the tariffs could be delayed and might be targeted at certain essential items rather than being more broad-based.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Countries that best facilitate responsible and broad-based AI adoption will see the greatest economic and job growth in the coming years.
    — Victoria Espinel, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Trump, who said the duties could be implemented as soon as April 2, did not specify whether they will be targeted at imports from certain countries or be broad-based.
    — Jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Moreover, the company expects spending in the data center space to remain strong in calendar year 2025, supported by the Blackwell ramp-up and broad-based strength in demand.
    — Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The advance was broad-based, reflecting gains in professional and business services, government and health care.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2023
  • The increase was broad-based across industries, with gains led by the technology, financials and real estate sectors.
    — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Yet just as Israeli opposition to the judicial overhaul is broad-based, criticisms in the U.S. are not limited to the political left.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
  • Again, the emerging legal regime entrenches a divided world order in which broad-based, collective solutions are likely to fail.
    — Aziz Huq, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The job growth was fairly broad-based, with industries such as leisure and hospitality, services, and financial activities seeing some of the larger gains.
    — Alicia Wallace, Krystal Hur, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • When ballots are counted this time, polls suggest, the party’s supporters may be far less broad-based economically, given how Labour is polling among lower-income people.
    — Josh Holder, New York Times, 24 June 2024
  • This is a stark contrast to the Chinese retaliatory tariffs enacted in 2018, during the first Trump Administration, which were more broad-based and affected both blue and red counties.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025

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