wide-open

adjective

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

Examples of wide-open in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Gomez then placed a perfect pass to a wide-open Suarez for a tap-in goal at the far post. Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024 With the flash set to full power and the camera aperture wide-open at f/2.8, the Elf provided a slight boost in the shadows but didn't make a huge difference overall. PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024 The beautiful and sacred place celebrates the life of Ancestral Puebloans who lived in the area thousands of years ago, offering modern-day visitors a glimpse into the ancient history along with hiking trails leading to stunning, wide-open vistas. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024 The Buffalo Zoo is also throwing a party including animal meet-and-greets, wide-open viewing spaces, and a lecture on animal behaviors during the eclipse. Melissa Locker, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024 Read: Eight books that will take you somewhere new O Pioneers!, by Willa Cather This novel, set in the closing decades of the 19th century and suffused with the wide-open lushness of the Nebraska prairie, practically demands to be read in the open air. Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024 Today, the casino once surrounded by wide-open desert intersects with a major street named for it at the south end of the Strip, dwarfed by towering megaresorts that Las Vegas is now known for. Rio Yamat, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024 Once the larger community of graffiti artists became aware of the wide-open towers in early February, it was hit by a tidal wave of painters armed with spray cans, rollers and pens. Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024 Playing a wide-open game in which Montoya used two attacking midfielders and three forwards who pressed high up the field, his team started to fatigue and his players’ legs looked heavy midway through the second half. Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024

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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 25 Apr. 2024.

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