wide-open

adjective

: having virtually no limits or restrictions
a wide-open town

Examples of wide-open in a Sentence

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In short, there’s a plethora of wide-open spaces to explore beyond Yellowstone National Park. Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 Young is second in wide-open 3-point attempts with 171, but he’s made just 33.9 percent of those shots. Zach Harper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 There will be more hiking through desolate, wide-open spaces, more ghosts, and, of course, more unhinged metamodern storytelling. Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025 The Lakers’ point-of-attack defensive failures helped create wide-open threes for the Mavericks, who made 18 of them. Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wide-open 

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wide-open was in 1858

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“Wide-open.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-open. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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