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more widespread

ADJECTIVE

extensive

Synonyms

WEAK

across the board all over the place boundless broad common comprehensive current diffuse epidemic far-flung far-reaching general on a large scale outspread overall pandemic pervasive popular prevailing prevalent public rampant regnant rife ruling sweeping universal unlimited unrestricted wall-to-wall wholesale

Antonyms

WEAK

concentrated limited local narrow

Example Sentences

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The child accounts appear to be a first step in the direction of more widespread age verification processes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

As the sunshine becomes more widespread across the UK, especially England and Wales over the weekend, UV levels will also rise to "high" for many.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Later, as human brains became larger and more complex, the preference for the right hand grew much stronger and more widespread.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

But a confidential internal audit carried out by leadership at the 77th Street division in September 2023 seemed to suggest body camera misuse was more widespread, finding similar violations among patrol officers in other divisions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Could the Khoisan, too, have been originally more widespread until their more northerly populations were somehow eliminated?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond