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widely

[wahyd-lee] / ˈwaɪd li /
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broadly
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Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin haven’t become widely used in day-to-day payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The warmest locations will be across the south-east of England, though temperatures will widely reach into the 20s Celsius across England and the high teens elsewhere.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The definition of basic skills varied widely between districts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

In the age of cheap, widely available AI tools, producing and circulating their content -- described as "pseudo-journalism" by the Columbia Journalism Review -- has never been easier.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Mercury was produced in large quantities because it was used to extract gold and silver from their ores, and it was widely available because it was used in medicine, particularly to treat syphilis.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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