as in extensive
having considerable extent
a widespread area of drought
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Recent Examples of widespread
That aligns with widespread social media complaints and data from DownDetector, which saw a sudden spike of over 11,000 reports of problems with Steam in the minutes following Silksong's 10 am Eastern time release on Steam.
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
But its widespread use has caused deforestation, biodiversity loss, and massive carbon emissions.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Forgetting to Stay Hydrated While there's a widespread perception that coffee dehydrates, that's not necessarily true.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Cawthorn received widespread attention that summer while giving a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
But its widespread use has caused deforestation, biodiversity loss, and massive carbon emissions.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Forgetting to Stay Hydrated While there's a widespread perception that coffee dehydrates, that's not necessarily true.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Cawthorn received widespread attention that summer while giving a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widespread
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To bring this vision to life, Everton turned to Populous, the sports and entertainment design firm whose extensive back catalogue includes the likes of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Wembley and The Sphere in Las Vegas.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors in this case showed extensive communications between mother and son, illustrating their close relationship and how Donna kept track of things for Charles, who in turn solved all kinds of problems for her.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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This framework emerged from the understanding that lasting financial performance depends on broader societal and environmental health.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Morgan Stanley’s team argues that headline economic data—nominal GDP, broad employment numbers—lag reality and often miss serious underlying weakness.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Fortunately, Amazon just dropped new fall fashion items that are comfy and packable, including wide-leg jeans for travel, cardigan sweaters, and more.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Developed by AeroVironment, the 20kW LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) identifies, tracks, and engages a wide variety of targets with hard-kill high energy laser.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Unlike rampant litigation costs which, before Florida lawmakers introduced sweeping reforms between 2022 and 2023, contributed to bringing up premiums in the state over the past five years, these fines will not negatively affect homeowners' insurance rates, regulators said.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Democrats seized on the remark as dismissive of vulnerable Iowans, rolling out digital ads that replayed the clip to highlight the stakes of the GOP’s sweeping tax and immigration bill.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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White oak White oak is a large shade tree displays deep red to coppery-brown fall color.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Widespread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widespread. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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