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wide

[wahyd] / waɪd /


ADJECTIVE
off-course
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
on-course on-target


Example Sentences

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The web may be the most important metaphor of our time, from our web-of-life ecosystems to the World Wide Web that connects our devices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Apple needs to share meaningful artificial-intelligence updates at its World Wide Developers Conference on June 8 to keep Wall Street excited.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Wide swaths of Northern California and the Central Valley could get anywhere from half an inch to 1½ inches of rain Monday through Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

As bleak, frightening and all-around life-ruining as the internet has proven itself to be, there was a time not long ago when the World Wide Web felt like a portal, not a black hole.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Wide Lancelot was riding along a straight road which seemed to lead nowhere, he saw two people galloping towards him from the other end.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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