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wide

[wahyd] / waɪd /


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


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Its presence in the dictionary makes the term available to a wide audience; anyone can look it up and learn what it means.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Khusanov started out wide but struggled before being moved inside in place of Guehi, while Rico Lewis was brought to fill the gap, with Maresca acknowledging afterwards he needs to "find that balance" in defence.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Instead, birds were already exploring different ecological roles and developing a surprisingly wide range of body forms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The decent first act sketches how fundamental Matt’s wide eyes and carved cheekbones are to his career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

No one has to pick their white puffs; instead, wind blows them far and wide, making it seem like snow.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

In response to complaints of speeding, he said, Raman’s office helped get four speed tables — a flatter, wider version of speed bumps — installed in the intersection near his business last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Even more surprising were the boundaries separating these regions, which were hundreds of times wider than expected.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

You have to wonder if he’ll lose a bit of the arrogance, if the space between Watters’ segments and the network’s chosen tack will grow even wider.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

It would be a considerable understatement to say that this view is not shared by wider Israeli society.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Too big for this room, thought Jeremy, stroking her head—which was now wider than his fist, and longer than his foot.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

“Wildwood” is both the widest release and “highest-profile title” Fathom has ever done, according to Jason Brenek, Fathom’s chief executive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The U.S. trade deficit expanded in August to its widest in more than a year, as imports of products such as crude oil, gold and semiconductors increased, the WSJ’s Konrad Putzier and Anthony DeBarros write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The company also says the gap between the value of a flat and a house is the widest it has been for 30 years.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Its 22% discount was one of the widest of any U.S. closed-end fund that invested in public securities, according to the fund’s semiannual report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

While Eurasia provides the world’s widest band of land at the same latitude, and hence the most dramatic example of rapid spread of domesticates, there are other examples as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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