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wide

[wahyd] / waɪd /


ADJECTIVE
off-course
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
on-course on-target


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Federal ethics filings provide asset values in wide ranges; the full value of his assets is likely much higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

"I was flabbergasted and it was then that her name evolved. I've gone, 'Bindi!' after my favourite crocodile, Bindi," he said, with a wide grin.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

She needed to know what all manner of women thought about a wide variety of topics.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

In a blog post, OpenAI said Astra can autonomously handle a wide range of "tedious" computer tasks, including website creation, scientific analysis, game development, cybersecurity and coding.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Mom’s eyes go wide, but she recovers quickly.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

For decades, the wider area of Williamsburg has held a major cultural fascination for the type of millennial transplant who makes their way out to the East Coast.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

He and Holland initially thought they were simply part of a wider audition process, but then found themselves repeatedly being invited into writers' rooms and asked for their views on ideas for the show.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Studying bonnetheads across a wider geographic range could also reveal population differences that might otherwise remain hidden.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

The provisional pact was then fleshed out in a wider circle on Thursday, when a meeting among leading supervisory-board members was already scheduled to prepare for the wider meeting on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

They turned a corner together, crossing onto a slightly wider street, and Ekon tensed.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

A measure of the stress: France has to pay about 0.85 percentage point in additional interest than Germany to issue a 10-year bond, near its widest point in years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Many of the roads covered by the ban are the widest in the old town and are popular with delivery drivers.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

A bit farther down the list sits yet another Vanguard fund that casts the widest possible net, owning 10,000 stocks globally.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The margin of that top-line beat was the widest in more than five years, based on available FactSet data back to July 2021.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Seven feet wide at the widest and maybe twenty feet long inside, if you counted the storage space under the cockpit.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen




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