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widely

[wahyd-lee] / ˈwaɪd li /
ADJECTIVE
broadly
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A few warmer days are still possible in the south and east, although there is potential for a wetter and windier spell more widely from midweek onwards.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

One widely touted proposal to shore up the program’s finances could make that fear a reality — or at least change how and when they can claim their benefits.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Both Samsung and SK Hynix reported record earnings and revenue for the June quarter and are widely expected to extend that streak through the end of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

And in an X post widely derided for "showing off" her dedication to work, she wrote in July she has been chronically sleeping just "zero to three hours" as prime minister.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Newsstands carried stacks of papers: the white-owned daily Chicago Tribune alongside the black newspaper—in the early years, Barnett’s Conservator; after 1903, Robert Abbott’s weekly Chicago Defender, the most widely read black paper in the world.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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