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
Mark Your Calendar Quilters come from far and wide to attend QuiltWeek every April, with a full slate of classes and lectures, along with materials for sale at the Vendor Merchant Mall.
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Matt Kirouac, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
The bass is like Godzilla approaching, rumbling glasses of water hundreds of miles away and activating stank faces far and wide.
—Tatiana Lee Rodriguez, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
Go Tropical Include heat-loving plants that hail from far and wide to create a globe-trotting garden.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
Thursday night’s detonation of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test produced a spectacular fireball over Florida, sending shards of the rocket flying far and wide, into the sea and across the coastal scrubland nearby.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
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Matt Kirouac, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
The bass is like Godzilla approaching, rumbling glasses of water hundreds of miles away and activating stank faces far and wide.
—Tatiana Lee Rodriguez, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026
Go Tropical Include heat-loving plants that hail from far and wide to create a globe-trotting garden.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
Thursday night’s detonation of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test produced a spectacular fireball over Florida, sending shards of the rocket flying far and wide, into the sea and across the coastal scrubland nearby.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far and wide
Adverb
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There are completed balloons everywhere, and the day-shift members are collaborating instead of competing.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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That personal touch has made a profound difference everywhere from Science Square to the new Fanning Center.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Adverb
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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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