Definition of nationwide
: extending throughout a nation
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Examples of nationwide in a Sentence
The murders attracted nationwide attention.
Recent Examples of nationwide from the Web
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But would all those jobs end up overseas if China is the first country with a nationwide 5G network?
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As part of a multiyear effort to construct a nationwide surveillance network, the Chinese government plans to integrate an array of camera systems that monitor roads, shopping malls, transportation hubs and buildings.
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This nationwide opposition network has been a visible presence since the trial of the first six defendants began in the fall.
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That’s when a violent confrontation between police and student protestors in Paris gave way to a nationwide general strike involving 11 million workers.
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Those were among details released by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office hours after the shooting sparked terror at the school Friday, on the same day as a nationwide walkout to protest gun violence.
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Each airfield represents a link in the nationwide network of safety, and once gone often cannot be replaced.
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Each airfield represents a link in the nationwide network of safety, and once gone often cannot be replaced.
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The walkout comes not even a month after the March for Our Lives and a nationwide school walkout following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a shooter killed 17 people.
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First Known Use of nationwide
1891
Recent Examples of nationwide from the Web
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The videos have raised questions about police conduct at a time when departments nationwide are under scrutiny for use of force.
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Mazama’s conclusions dovetail with those of Cheryl Fields-Smith, an associate education professor at the University of Georgia who is one of the few researchers nationwide to investigate the motivations for black families that do homeschool.
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The market for small business sales in San Antonio appears to have cooled for the first quarter of 2018 after what was a smoking 2017 both locally and nationwide, data recently released from BizBuySell.com indicates.
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Their walkout came after months of student activism nationwide and in the Fox Valley following a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.
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In January, immigration agents raided nearly 100 7-Eleven stores nationwide and arrested 21 people in what was then the biggest crackdown on a company since President Donald Trump took office.
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The Great Recession stalled so many projects nationwide and delayed or killed multiple projects in Detroit.
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Decades of globalization have created depressed industrial communities nationwide and produced millions of hapless low- and middle-skill workers.
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The demonstration in Washington is meant to be the largest of more than 800 planned marches nationwide and overseas, according to leaders who organized under the Twitter hashtag #NeverAgain.
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First Known Use of nationwide
1971
NATIONWIDE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of nationwide for English Language Learners
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: including or involving all parts of a nation or country
NATIONWIDE Defined for Kids
Definition of nationwide for Students
: extending throughout an entire country
- They experienced a nationwide drought.
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