wide-open

adjective

: having virtually no limits or restrictions
a wide-open town

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The exhibit doesn’t treat youth as a vague, wide-open expanse but instead focusses on the subtle transformations that begin just shy of the teen years—the new calibration of interiority and exteriority, the emergent understanding of independence and accountability. Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025 Under a dark and wide-open view of the sky, a single observer might average two Geminid sightings per minute. Joe Rao, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025 Most of his points thus far have been products of wide-open opportunities. Ally Schniepp, Kansas City Star, 12 Dec. 2025 An existing 161-kilovolt power line runs across their farmland, from the wide-open ridge overlooking the Mississippi River where his home sits to the valleys that cattle graze in the warmer months. Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wide-open

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wide-open was in 1858

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“Wide-open.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-open. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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