as in everywhere
in every place or in all places
we searched far and wide for a surgeon who could perform that delicate operation
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Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
As a college town and the biggest hub of the state’s wild Upper Peninsula, Marquette’s gravitational pull swings far and wide.
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The last step is for that space-faring species to really go for it, sending themselves or their robotic emissaries far and wide, colonizing every available corner of the galaxy, and if they are sufficiently motivated, the Universe.
—ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025
Blame would eventually be spread far and wide, but absolute accountability proved complex and elusive.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
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Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
As a college town and the biggest hub of the state’s wild Upper Peninsula, Marquette’s gravitational pull swings far and wide.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2025
The last step is for that space-faring species to really go for it, sending themselves or their robotic emissaries far and wide, colonizing every available corner of the galaxy, and if they are sufficiently motivated, the Universe.
—ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025
Blame would eventually be spread far and wide, but absolute accountability proved complex and elusive.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Far and wide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far%20and%20wide. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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