Examples of nationwide in a Sentence
Adjective
The murders attracted nationwide attention.
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Ashutosh Joshi, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Protests continue to increase in Minnesota and across the country after the killing of Pretti, including a student group pushing for a nationwide anti-ICE strike this week.
—Tevon Blair, Essence, 28 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The magnitude of the admissions slowdown nationwide is hard to estimate because there’s no reliable count of the number of individual programs that quietly decided, without any central administration directive, to pull back on their numbers.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Modernization of the nationwide railway network — with a focus on safety, speed and passenger comfort — is likely to remain a key priority.
—Ashutosh Joshi, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Protests continue to increase in Minnesota and across the country after the killing of Pretti, including a student group pushing for a nationwide anti-ICE strike this week.
—Tevon Blair, Essence, 28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
For the week ending January 25, 2026 Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The magnitude of the admissions slowdown nationwide is hard to estimate because there’s no reliable count of the number of individual programs that quietly decided, without any central administration directive, to pull back on their numbers.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Nationwide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nationwide. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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