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widespread

[wahyd-spred] / ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd /


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“Although widespread infection- and vaccine-conferred immunity have decreased rates of severe COVID-19 over time, the public health impact of COVID-19 is still considerable,” scientists recently wrote in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

The OTC might tide them over until that GMO creation was ready for widespread planting.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

But she questioned how the mistake could have happened, given widespread reporting of security breaches in the press.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Dolomite is a widespread mineral found in iconic locations such as the Dolomite mountains in Italy, Niagara Falls and Utah's Hoodoos.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Today we know that the fall was not quite as rapid, dramatic, and widespread as earlier scholars believed.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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