worldwide

adjective

Definition of worldwidenext
as in global
happening or existing in all parts of the world News of the attack attracted worldwide attention. a worldwide concert tour

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Recent Examples of worldwide To start, there are the town’s famous beaches like Trestles, the northern stretch of San Onofre State Beach, which has earned a worldwide reputation for its surf breaks. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026 Noah Schnapp achieved worldwide fame at 11 when Netflix’s Stranger Things became a global hit. — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Nolan's films have grossed a combined total of over $6 billion at the worldwide box office across his 12 theatrical releases. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 Our maternal mortality rates are among the highest worldwide, exponentially worse for Black women. — Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Washington Post, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for worldwide
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  1. global
  2. widespread
  3. wide
  4. general
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  • First, a Reuters report discusses electricity suppliers needed to cover new global data centers (which has created its own revolution).
    — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Of the more than 281,000 jobs lost due to Trump’s dismantling of USAID, just 23,000 were American, says Sadie Healy, who runs a global health consulting firm and has been tracking the job losses worldwide.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of global
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  • New Zealand’s biosecurity minister has warned that the country will follow a similar path, should a widespread outbreak occur.
    — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s move followed widespread protests triggered by the removal of the country’s popular, young defense minister, who spearheaded an embrace of technology in the war against Russia, helping shift the tide in Kyiv’s favor.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of widespread
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  • The fires that devastated Collins are part of a wider wildfire emergency unfolding across Canada, where 889 active fires were spreading as of Thursday night, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Scotland set up in a 5-4-1 with Ryan Christie and John McGinn timing when to jump from their wide midfield positions to press the centre-backs and trap their build-up play.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of wide
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  • With Robertson in the lineup heading into training camp, general manager Jim Nill now has some options.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • With multiple companies able to utilize general intelligence similarly, what will differentiate your firm from another will be the ability of your model to understand the work that needs to be done.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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