broad-based
adjective
: involving or attracting many different types of people
a broad-based environmental movement
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On a monthly basis, goods prices climbed 0.4% while services increased 0.3%, indicating that price pressures remained relatively broad-based rather than concentrated in any single category.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
The gain was broad-based across all regions, but especially strong in SAPMENA–SSA, which comprises the South Asia-Pacific, Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa zones.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Feb. 2026
Yet the increases haven't been as broad-based as many economists feared.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
To avoid causing more harm than good, governments should be sparing in their use of industrial policies and more broad-based in their economic interventions.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
The gain was broad-based across all regions, but especially strong in SAPMENA–SSA, which comprises the South Asia-Pacific, Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa zones.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Feb. 2026
Yet the increases haven't been as broad-based as many economists feared.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
To avoid causing more harm than good, governments should be sparing in their use of industrial policies and more broad-based in their economic interventions.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Broad-based.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-based. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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