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 21 Jul. 2026.

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