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While there is no “normal” band of salary ranges, some companies post ranges that are not just tens of thousands of dollars wide, but sometimes feature a 100% difference.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
But IRA custodians specializing in nontraditional assets often give clients who are making their own investment choices wide latitude—leaving the burden of compliance with the individual, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
I was raised near the shore of Chicago’s slice of Lake Michigan, a body of water wide and blue enough to pass for the sea.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
They created two chances in the first half that should have been buried, but Pierre Landry Kabore shot straight at the keeper and Alexandros Kyziridis nudged his effort wide when one-on-one.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
At last we emerged into the wide courtyard inside the front gate of the prison and another long wait began.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But Manley urged the public to be careful with their use of water - for the sake of wildlife and the wider environment.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold8 features a wider, passport-like shape that matches analyst reports of Apple’s anticipated folding iPhone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The findings suggest that the survival of these lakes may depend on more than the total amount of rain falling across the wider region.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Spain celebrates both a soccer win and a sense of wider success.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
They had been hiking for hours, climbing up and over dozens of old-growth firs with trunks that were often wider than the boys were tall.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
“Some companies post a deliberately broad spread to attract the widest pull of candidates, and then they see who has actually applied and benchmark the real range to that.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“It’s a cyclical roll that gets set up when a boat is taking even a 4-foot wave cyclically over and over on the beam,” Elfers said, referring to the widest point of a boat’s hull.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Canada’s merchandise-trade surplus expanded to 4.24 billion Canadian dollars in May, marking its widest level in four years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The scandal has been described as one of the widest miscarriages of justice in the British legal history.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
As they moved out into the widest part of the Langer See, the winds grew even stronger.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
