broadly based

phrase

: involving or attracting many different types of people
a broadly based political movement

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The conservatives agreed that some judges have overstepped their authority by ruling broadly based on a single lawsuit. — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025 On Tuesday’s market decline, there were signs that the selling was not broadly based. — Tom Aspray, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 While broadly based in reality, the entire movie is a put-on, a wackazoid tall tale, a comedy that uses the breakfast wars as the jumping-off point for a high-camp exercise in nostalgic lunacy. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 May 2024 The decline in support for an assault weapons ban since 2019 is broadly based across groups. — Gary Langer, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2023 Before the school year began, the district split families into three groups broadly based on geography. — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 However, Sol and Jack are broadly based on Jews who decided to fight back against the neo-Nazi movement in Britain. — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 9 May 2022

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“Broadly based.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broadly%20based. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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