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widespread

[wahyd-spred] / ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd /


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Cognizant of widespread fears about additional layoffs, Paramount Chief Operating Officer Andrew Gordon took steps this week to try to tamp down such concerns.

From Los Angeles Times

The deadly incident led to widespread reform and congressional action to regulate the small passenger-boat industry, with new requirements for escape hatches, smoke detectors and other safety measures.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, confusion about the attack’s ends and means is widespread.

From The Wall Street Journal

In an age of widespread digitization and innovation, where technology permeates nearly every aspect of daily life, food delivery apps flourish because they provide convenience.

From Salon

This perspective may also explain why intelligence tends to increase during childhood, decline with aging, and be especially vulnerable to widespread brain injury.

From Science Daily