widespread

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Here, companies are offering good news despite rising energy prices and widespread worries about economic growth.

From MarketWatch • 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

The heat wave is deep, persistent and widespread, spanning from roughly San Francisco to the Mexican border.

From Los Angeles Times • 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 term World Music is often used as a catch-all category referring to almost any music with widespread popularity that clearly does not sound like North American popular music.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones