Definition of statewide
: affecting or extending throughout all parts of a state
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a statewide survey of voters
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In the four most recent statewide contests for president and governor, the result was divided by about 1 percent of the vote, or an average of 84,475 votes.
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Mahlon Mitchell, the president of the statewide firefighters union, called for legalizing marijuana, giving judges more sentencing discretion and overturning the truth-in-sentencing law.
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Montana, a purple state that elects both Republicans and Democrats to statewide offices, strongly supported Trump in the 2016 election, leading both candidates to compete for Trump supporters.
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Doug Hogan, a spokesman for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, said officials are conducting a statewide assessment to better determine the needs in order to devise a system to support relatives caring for children.
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California's Legislature is considering statewide restrictions, but not an outright ban, on single-use plastic straws.
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This year the numbers of young children drowning are higher than average for the past decade in Bexar County and statewide.
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Rossman said the statewide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program that goes into effect July 1 will require physicians across the state to register in a database, a step that will also provide a boost in the fight against opioid addiction.
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The Senate, after eviscerating the notion of a real citizens’ commission, tossed in a provision creating electoral judicial districts for judges who now run statewide.
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First Known Use of statewide
1848
Recent Examples of statewide from the Web
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On Memorial Day weekend, inspectors statewide found 70 skimmers.
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Twenty-six citations have been given out statewide for various violations.
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The Washington State Patrol has a chart online with the county and city firework regulations statewide.
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According to the California Craft Brewers Association, a nonprofit trade group that tracks the industry, craft breweries have grown from 200 in 2000 to more than 900 now statewide.
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About 50 dairy farms statewide have closed since January, due to either the dismal dairy market or an owner's retirement, Leman said.
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Two of the 53 drownings statewide so far this year came since the start of July.
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Post-incarceration overdose deaths there have plummeted more than 60 percent, contributing to a 12 percent reduction in overdose deaths statewide.
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Dispensaries statewide rushed to offload product with massive sales in the weeks leading up to July 1.
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First Known Use of statewide
1888
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Definition of statewide for English Language Learners
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: including all parts of a U.S. state
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