by a wide margin

ADVERB

well

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adequately appropriately completely easily far freely fully properly quite right smoothly thoroughly

STRONG

considerably substantially

WEAK

abundantly amply becomingly effortlessly entirely extremely fittingly greatly heartily highly luxuriantly plentifully rather readily satisfactorily somewhat suitably very much wholly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly inadequately inappropriately incompletely insufficiently partially unsuitably

STRONG

insignificantly slightly

WEAK

badly incapably unpleasantly

Example Sentences

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The finale also outperformed standard weeknight late-night competition by a wide margin, turning the sendoff into a notable ratings moment rather than a collapse.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

But that’s exactly why energy was the market’s best performing sector today by a wide margin.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

While net profit beat consensus expectations by a wide margin, this was partially driven by natural-catastrophe losses being 67% below budget, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

With the stock’s gain on Monday, it has edged up 0.7% this year to outperform the software sector, which has been hurt by worries about AI displacement, by a wide margin.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

But it was still a new course record by a wide margin, and Tom Bolles remained undefeated on Lake Washington.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

by a wide margin

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