widespread

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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

There have been widespread hopes that drugs like Leqembi and Kisunla, which emerged just a couple of years ago, would mark the beginning of an era when the disease became treatable.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Officials have failed to halt pervasive fraud in the hospice industry despite promises of reforms five years ago after learning of widespread corruption that targeted vulnerable patients.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The Friday meeting comes as the White House races to prepare for Anthropic’s latest artificial-intelligence model, Mythos, which the company says could pose cybersecurity risks that cause widespread online disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It is true that knowledge of air pressure was widespread by 1712, and any explanation of the workings of a barometer would have conveyed to Newcomen the discoveries of Torricelli and Pascal.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton