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Mastro, who served as a deputy mayor under former Mayor Eric Adams, said that in its attempt to identify the luxury pieds-à-terre in the city, the Department of Finance cast too wide a net.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even in the wide world of sports movies and shows, men and women are treated differently.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
The analysis accounted for a wide range of factors that could influence the results.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The claims, for which Homeland Security spent $96 million, show detainees were treated for a wide variety of conditions, including strokes, pregnancy, suicide attempts and frostbite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It was curious how the human tracks followed the seam between Progress and Peace—a path as wide as a tree is tall, where the green light met the blue.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
For many protesters, the prospect of uncertain employment after years of study and highly competitive examinations has become a symbol of a wider struggle for economic security.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
The budget airline posted an operating loss of 183.3 million euros for the first quarter, wider than Visible Alpha’s expected loss of 166 million euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Although the study centered on autism spectrum disorder, the approach could have wider applications.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
When the results were shared with the wider team "the room spontaneously burst into applause", Hie recalls.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
He said he loved her but felt obligated to keep his parents, and the wider public, in the dark until she was properly educated, and he had returned from the Arctic in triumph.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
This marks the planet's widest visible separation from the Sun during its current appearance in the evening sky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
At one point, the growing divide between the market’s winners and losers pushed dispersion within the S&P 500 to one of the widest levels on record.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Big Food stocks are now trading at their widest discount to the market in at least two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“It’s a cyclical roll that gets set up when a boat is taking even a 4-foot wave cyclically over and over on the beam,” Elfers said, referring to the widest point of a boat’s hull.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
I noticed she was wearing an expensive-looking new gown with the widest skirt I’d ever seen.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
