broadly based
idiom
: 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.
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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Trump's tariffs during his second administration proved to be much larger and more broadly based than tariffs initiated in 2018 and 2019 during Trump's first term as president.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
While the Illinois Human Rights Act also prohibits discrimination broadly based on citizenship status, the Immigrant Tenant Protection Act provided extra protection, said Eric Sirota, a law professor and director of the Tenant Advocacy Clinic at Northwestern University.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 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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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Trump's tariffs during his second administration proved to be much larger and more broadly based than tariffs initiated in 2018 and 2019 during Trump's first term as president.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
While the Illinois Human Rights Act also prohibits discrimination broadly based on citizenship status, the Immigrant Tenant Protection Act provided extra protection, said Eric Sirota, a law professor and director of the Tenant Advocacy Clinic at Northwestern University.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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