far-reaching
Example Sentences
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He warned of a risk of "far-reaching consequences for the principles of democracy and rule of law which the Pakistani people hold dear".
From Barron's
Pakistan dismissed on Sunday a warning by the UN rights chief of potential "far-reaching consequences" for the rule of law in granting the head of the all-powerful military legal immunity.
From Barron's
Last week, India announced it would implement what many say are its most far-reaching economic reforms in decades - compressing 29 federal laws that regulated labour into four simplified codes.
From BBC
Its efforts helped spur President Harry Truman to issue executive orders that prohibited discrimination in federal employment and ended segregation in the armed services—at the time, the most far-reaching antidiscrimination measures since the Reconstruction era.
“It’s not a harmless oversight. The consequences can be significant and far-reaching.”
From Los Angeles Times
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