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widely

[wahyd-lee] / ˈwaɪd li /
ADJECTIVE
broadly
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The region did not take part in nationwide elections held on June 1, which Abiy is widely expected to win when results are announced.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

That’s why a stable price is a prerequisite for bitcoin becoming a widely used medium of exchange.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Dubbed Claude Fable 5, the new model that Anthropic released Tuesday is an update to the Mythos model that the company said was too dangerous to release widely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s the way we all move through the world now, which can be snapshot and projected very widely out into the world for whatever reason.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

To Cartesians, Newton’s theory of gravity made no sense; but in England, where Cartesianism had never been adopted without reservations, and where arguments from design were widely accepted, resistance to the theory was much weaker.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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