far-spread
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They are newspapermen of a large and far-spread school who think that a journalist, by identifying himself with specific groups or activities, compromises his primary role as an independent observer and critic of society.
From Time Magazine Archive
From famed Philosopher Oswald Spengler, for instance, geopolitics took the ominous conception of space as "a spiritual something" suggested by "horizons, outlooks, distances, clouds, and . . . the far-spread fatherland embracing a great nation."
From Time Magazine Archive
Along the Rockies, from Montana through Idaho into Utah, whirled the season's first far-spread snowstorm.
From Time Magazine Archive
He rode about his far-spread estate, grim and silent, his eyes clouded, his voice almost metallic, his manner cold and repellent.
From Quill's Window by McCutcheon, George Barr
Proud and bold, Proud of their numbers, here the Laos hold The far-spread lawns; the skirting hills obey The barb'rous Avas', and the Brahma's sway.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
