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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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Example Sentences

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The palm sander is used along the edges of the room, while the rotary sander is used in the wide-open areas of the floor.

From Seattle Times

Two large wide-open spaces, labeled “African Worlds” and “South Carolina Connections,” are geared to ambitiously scaled, loosely-themed multimedia displays, including a terrific globe-leaping video animation called “Traveling Through Time” by the New York-and-D.

From New York Times

Neither time nor expensive makeovers altered the gentle sweep of that wide-open bowl or the arched, Italian travertine along the eastern facade.

From Los Angeles Times

Border Patrol responded to a steep increase in illegal southbound crossings along the wide-open Canadian border.

From Seattle Times

The wide-open generosity of spirit in Haring’s vivacious work likely owes something profound to having come through life’s trials in an often cruel and deeply repressive society, white and patriarchal.

From Los Angeles Times