widespread

Example Sentences

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Broadcaster STV is facing the prospect of widespread strikes which could disrupt coverage of the Scottish election campaign.

From BBC

While polls indicate there is broad support in Canada for medically assisted dying, there has also been widespread debate about the programme's expansion and concerns over whether appropriate safeguards are in place.

From BBC

We were too big; the group was too large, the web too widespread.

From Literature

"Every related profession will lose their jobs, leading to even more widespread unemployment," she said.

From Barron's

It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.

From The Wall Street Journal