as in everywhere
in every place or in all places
we searched far and wide for a surgeon who could perform that delicate operation
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Recent Examples of far and wide
Before long, applications for memberships were coming in from far and wide – players, Coyne says, who would likely never set foot on his greens.
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 3 May 2026
She was blessed with an unstinting energy and buoyancy that had her dashing off postcards far and wide, answering e-mails with improvised poetry, and cold-calling younger writers to offer encouragement.
—Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 2 May 2026
While the event’s perspective on design changes each year, the one constant is the style of those who travel far and wide to attend.
—Pernille Teisbaek, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
Kacey Musgraves has traveled far and wide across her 14-year career.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 3 May 2026
She was blessed with an unstinting energy and buoyancy that had her dashing off postcards far and wide, answering e-mails with improvised poetry, and cold-calling younger writers to offer encouragement.
—Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 2 May 2026
While the event’s perspective on design changes each year, the one constant is the style of those who travel far and wide to attend.
—Pernille Teisbaek, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
Kacey Musgraves has traveled far and wide across her 14-year career.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far and wide
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The cleanup of the Great Molasses Flood took weeks, and, for months, everywhere that anyone had tracked molasses, including underground subway platforms, was still tacky.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Hosted by Billy Porter and Elvis Duran, the special will launch as a podcast series June 1 on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard and as an audio special airing across iHeartRadio PRIDE stations.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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While defeating the two measures has relieved many property owners in South Hadley, budget shortfalls due to dwindling state aid and fading federal pandemic-era funds are causing local governments to search high and low for new sources of funding.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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Shortly thereafter, gaps between high and low performers began to grow at the national level, which many education scholars attribute both to the introduction of screens and the loosening of accountability.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Far and wide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far%20and%20wide. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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