as in universally
across a large area, group, or range
Originally invented in the United States, baseball is now a widely played sport around the world.
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Recent Examples of widely
This counterintuitive finding is a consequence of what’s called Simpson’s paradox, a phenomenon that is now widely known in statistics.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
But when a powerful capability spreads widely, mistakes propagate further and misuse gets cheaper.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Battery life, cost, safety, and long-term reliability will also play a major role in determining whether domestic robots become widely adopted.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
That candidate, Bushra Amiwala, disowned the support and condemned the ad, widely seen as an attempt to siphon voters from another young progressive, Kat Abughazaleh.
—David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
But when a powerful capability spreads widely, mistakes propagate further and misuse gets cheaper.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Battery life, cost, safety, and long-term reliability will also play a major role in determining whether domestic robots become widely adopted.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
That candidate, Bushra Amiwala, disowned the support and condemned the ad, widely seen as an attempt to siphon voters from another young progressive, Kat Abughazaleh.
—David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, legislators were more universally supportive of a transportation package that featured numerous road dedications that also affixed late Florida State University Football Coach Bobby Bowden’s name to Tallahassee International Airport (SB 628).—
Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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But Democrats are almost universally opposed to a separate proof of citizenship provision in the bill, and have generally panned the legislation as an attempt at voter suppression.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
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That’s a worthy objective, and improving payment accuracy is broadly supported.—
Joe Hardy,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Democrats demanded changes in ICE and DHS more broadly and refused to fund the department.—
Emily Wilkins,Justin Papp,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Completed in 2004 by builder James Nolan and architect Howard Backen, and extensively remodeled by Seacrest in collaboration with Clint Nicholas and Silvia Nobili of Nobili Marqués Arquitectura, the property offers a Tuscan-style main home, a pool house, and a guest cottage.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2026
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Both Krowski and Forand’s defense attorney also extensively argued there are major concerns about the veracity of the allegations and plenty of evidence that appear to contradict them.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Widely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widely. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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