as in universally
across a large area, group, or range
Originally invented in the United States, baseball is now a widely played sport around the world.
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Recent Examples of widely
At the same time, Walden is leading a BTS effort to create a pathway to get Kimmel back on the air as protestors take to the streets and the suspension is widely derided as an attack on the First Amendment and free speech.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
But in the modern day, the teen queen’s presence remains widely felt.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Israel has disputed the accuracy of these figures, which are widely cited by international analysts.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Central to the agreement is the potential local production of Tekever’s AR3 drone, which has been widely deployed in Ukraine.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
But in the modern day, the teen queen’s presence remains widely felt.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Israel has disputed the accuracy of these figures, which are widely cited by international analysts.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Central to the agreement is the potential local production of Tekever’s AR3 drone, which has been widely deployed in Ukraine.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widely
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Investors are jockeying to get ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting, at which the central bank is universally expected to lower rates for the first time since December.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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This has been warmly received but not universally liked.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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These days, Christmas movies, broadly and charitably defined, seem to be synonymous with the brassy, hokey, sickly sweet sort of fare that has a permanent home on the Hallmark Channel and is in perpetual rotation on Netflix.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The company emphasized the purpose of the pilot program was to more broadly get consumer feedback on the software update features.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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As for Young’s Chrome Hearts, the group launched late last year, released an album, Talkin to the Trees, in June, and have toured North America extensively this summer.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Everything changed on Tuesday, when Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, was extensively quoted by The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun about the legend’s future.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Widely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widely. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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