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wide open

[wahyd-oh-puhn] / ˈwaɪdˈoʊ pən /














wide-open
ADJECTIVE
lacking strict enforcement of laws
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ADJECTIVE
opened to the full extent
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The rise of skyscrapers with their wide-open interior spaces made it possible to organize offices and desks following scientific management principles to improve productivity, even down to how workers stuffed envelopes.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the show holds a particular appeal to conservatives, and it does, that aligns with Montana’s political bent, along with the other wide-open spaces in the Western United States that don’t touch the Pacific Ocean.

From Salon

For stock, bond, and foreign direct investors, Argentina now presents a wide-open field.

From Barron's

At wide-open throttle, the raunchiness doesn’t come in wild quanta but in one smoothly linear, incredibly steep exponential function, with no interval for tactility and feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We make a run, we got two guys back, Buddy Hield gets a wide-open three for some reason on a full-court pass. Those are self-inflicted things. So it’s not anything Golden State did to us.”

From Los Angeles Times