far-reaching

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"Our results have far-reaching implications. Firstly, it refutes the hypothesis that any organics found in fossils must result from contamination."

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Kagan said the consequences of the ruling “are likely to be far-reaching and grave.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, there is little transparency and few resources to help people understand how inflation is decided on in the first place or how far-reaching its effects are across the economy.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Criticism of Trump’s attack on the pope also came from the Knights of Columbus, a nonpartisan lay Catholic organization with far-reaching influence in parishes across the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Contrary to later belief, he was acutely aware of the far-reaching implication of his study: his question was crucial to “the history of the evolution of organic forms,” he wrote.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee