wider

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Volunteers have been key to managing the wider heath, cutting gorse and heather in winter and removing pines.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

This may explain why labor productivity in the construction industry fell 30% between 1970 and 2024, while productivity more than doubled in the wider economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Cummings has a wider range to traverse as Arnold, whose repressed rage eventually has to find an outlet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The company has pioneered annealing quantum, an architecture that’s tailored to optimization problems, but recently moved into more broadly applicable gate-model systems to capture a wider share of the market.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Meanwhile, diplomats hurried back and forth between European capitals, exchanging notes, hoping to contain any fighting and avoid a wider conflict.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman