How to Use broad-based in a Sentence

broad-based

adjective

• In short, the employment gains haven’t been broad-based.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
• The pace of growth has overall been solid—if not broad-based—but softened in May.
  — Solcyré Burga, Time, 6 June 2025
• The state's sales tax revenue gains in June were broad-based compared to a year ago, said Shelnutt.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
• The September job gains were fairly broad-based, a healthy sign.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
• The selloff was broad-based, spanning a range of property and tech stocks.
  — Matthew Thomas, WSJ, 20 June 2023
• Sentiment declines were broad-based and seen across incomes, wealth and age groups.
  — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
• The ideal tax system is one that is simple, that is broad-based, and that leaves the field free for prodigious economic growth.
  — The Editors, National Review, 1 Apr. 2025
• The Conference Board said the rebound in confidence this month was broad-based across all ages and income groups.
  — Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
• The increase in rejections was broad-based across age groups and highest among those with credit scores below 680.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• The Conference Board report notes that April’s fall in confidence was broad-based across all age groups and most income groups.
  — Kevin Williams, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
• The increase in pessimism was broad-based and carried across both higher- and lower-income households, as well as older and younger ones.
  — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
• Advertisement The slowdown in hiring last month was broad-based.
  — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
• Job growth was broad-based, even if less vigorous than the eye-popping numbers of 2022, when the nation was rapidly digging out of a deep pandemic deficit.
  — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• This phenomenon leaves most investors confused as to why this recent bull market run hasn’t been more broad-based.
  — Ivan Illan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Inflows were broad-based across sectors, with living assets such as multiple dwellings and student housing leading the charge, up 43% over the year.
  — Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
• Gas and shelter costs contributed more than half of that monthly increase, but price increases were broad-based, according to the BLS.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
• The losses were broad-based across sectors, led by the technology companies.
  — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 12 May 2025
• The Conference Board stated that the rebound in confidence this month was broad-based, affecting all age groups and income levels.
  — Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
• The May job gains were broad-based, with some of the largest increases seen in professional and business services, government, health care and leisure and hospitality.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 2 June 2023
• There had been some speculation that the tariffs could be delayed and might be targeted at certain essential items rather than being more broad-based.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
• Countries that best facilitate responsible and broad-based AI adoption will see the greatest economic and job growth in the coming years.
  — Victoria Espinel, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Trump, who said the duties could be implemented as soon as April 2, did not specify whether they will be targeted at imports from certain countries or be broad-based.
  — Jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
• Moreover, the company expects spending in the data center space to remain strong in calendar year 2025, supported by the Blackwell ramp-up and broad-based strength in demand.
  — Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
• The advance was broad-based, reflecting gains in professional and business services, government and health care.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2023
• California’s tax runs against the spirit of a 1991 federal law which required that, to attract federal matches, state provider taxes had to be broad-based and uniform.
  — Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
• Selloffs like the one at the beginning of April are broad-based and tend not to be very discerning, as big money investors look to unload exposure — selling first and asking questions later.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 June 2025
• One is that policymaking is no longer broad-based.
  — Richard Davis, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
• That's because the impacts are more broad-based.
  — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
• Yet the increases haven't been as broad-based as many economists feared.
  — Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
• This means building a thriving and broad-based AI ecosystem – not a top-heavy skyscraper for tech giants to dictate from.
  — Alexandra Ebert, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025