broad-based
adjective
: involving or attracting many different types of people
a broad-based environmental movement
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Although most new tariffs added during Trump's second term are broad-based, the U.S. government has carved out exemptions for certain products, leaving doors open for companies to benefit through tariff engineering, trade lawyers pointed out.
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Declines were broad-based across oil, natural gas, coal, refined oil products, and chemical raw materials.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
And while the labor force losses were broad-based, they were more heavily concentrated in women over the age of 55 and men of prime working age (25 to 54), Swonk said.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
The pace of growth has overall been solid—if not broad-based—but softened in May.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 6 June 2025
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Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 June 2025
Declines were broad-based across oil, natural gas, coal, refined oil products, and chemical raw materials.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
And while the labor force losses were broad-based, they were more heavily concentrated in women over the age of 55 and men of prime working age (25 to 54), Swonk said.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
The pace of growth has overall been solid—if not broad-based—but softened in May.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 6 June 2025
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“Broad-based.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broad-based. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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