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Melamine sponges remain highly effective cleaning tools, but their widespread use may come with an environmental cost that many people have never considered.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
A spokesperson for Newsom said California is “aggressively pursuing widespread electrification” but would not burden survivors with “additional mandates and red tape.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The “Moneyball” approach, detailed in a 2003 book, led to widespread adoption of data-driven decision-making across various industries, transcending sports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Still, for the oil shock’s impact to prove persistent and become more widespread within the U.S. economy, it would need to become embedded in consumers’ expectations around inflation—and that doesn’t appear likely.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
The domesticated chicken is the most widespread fowl ever.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing widespread
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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100 SAT words Beginning with W,X,Y, and Z
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"Laws are not the only way to boost immunization”: an editorial from Nature
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