broad-based
adjective
: involving or attracting many different types of people
a broad-based environmental movement
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The European sell-off was broad-based, with Stoxx 600 industrials down 2.8%, consumer cyclicals down 2.6% and technology down 2.3%.
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Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Growth was broad-based—notably including China, where Apple outperformed expectations with $15.4 billion in sales.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 July 2025
This will be difficult as the country’s economy is less broad-based compared with India and less cohesive compared with Sri Lanka, which has smartly recovered from its own revolution in 2022.
—Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
California’s tax runs against the spirit of a 1991 federal law which required that, to attract federal matches, state provider taxes had to be broad-based and uniform.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
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Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Growth was broad-based—notably including China, where Apple outperformed expectations with $15.4 billion in sales.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 July 2025
This will be difficult as the country’s economy is less broad-based compared with India and less cohesive compared with Sri Lanka, which has smartly recovered from its own revolution in 2022.
—Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
California’s tax runs against the spirit of a 1991 federal law which required that, to attract federal matches, state provider taxes had to be broad-based and uniform.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
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“Broad-based.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-based. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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