broad-based
adjective
: involving or attracting many different types of people
a broad-based environmental movement
Examples of broad-based in a Sentence
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Gas and shelter costs contributed more than half of that monthly increase, but price increases were broad-based, according to the BLS.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
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
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
However, management added that the growth in services was fairly broad-based across geographies and across all the services categories, with all-time revenue records for cloud, payments, video, and advertising and December quarter records for the App Store and for Apple Care.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
DiCamillo noted that the initial support for the ballot measure was broad-based, though Republicans and conservatives were more divided.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
The downward moves were broad-based, with all 11 of the S&P 500's sectors recently lower and all three major indexes down nearly 1%.
—WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
Stocks' gains were fairly broad-based, with 10 of the S&P 500's sectors in the green Friday.
—WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
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
Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
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
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
However, management added that the growth in services was fairly broad-based across geographies and across all the services categories, with all-time revenue records for cloud, payments, video, and advertising and December quarter records for the App Store and for Apple Care.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
DiCamillo noted that the initial support for the ballot measure was broad-based, though Republicans and conservatives were more divided.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
The downward moves were broad-based, with all 11 of the S&P 500's sectors recently lower and all three major indexes down nearly 1%.
—WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
Stocks' gains were fairly broad-based, with 10 of the S&P 500's sectors in the green Friday.
—WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
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
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“Broad-based.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-based. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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