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extensively

[ik-sten-siv-lee] / ɪkˈstɛn sɪv li /
ADVERB
widely
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No surprise, really: To listen to earlier stuff by Dan + Shay, Bieber’s collaborators on “10,000 Hours,” is to hear how extensively white-soul singing had reshaped country by the early 2010s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Apart from bottled water and beverages, PET packaging is also used extensively in industries like beauty, pharmaceuticals and even in restaurants and food delivery as customers seek out convenience and affordability.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Traveling extensively with her archaeologist husband in Mesopotamia, Christie was adamant that “all I needed was a steady table and a typewriter.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

As energy exporters accumulated dollar reserves, this allowed the U.S. to borrow extensively and cheaply, what former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing called its “exorbitant privilege.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

This was a topic Toby had thought about extensively as a kid.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss