Synonym: far-flung. Similar words: spread out, wide, despite, widely, desperate, desperately, worldwide, nationwide. Meaning: [ˈwaɪdspred; -ˈspred] adj. 1. widely circulated or diffused 2. distributed over a considerable extent.
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151. Apparently, the last chance to avoid the extinction of a formerly widespread and prosperous species had been lost.
152. This view is in complete contrast to those who maintain that environmental deterioration is widespread and of critical importance.
153. As the code gained widespread acceptance, certain logical consequences followed in its wake.
154. Another is that its method of valuation was too complex and this would detract from its widespread adoption.
155. There is almost certainly widespread illegal use as well as approved uses.
156. Officials said there was widespread agreement on the need to promote growth by cutting government spending.
157. The widespread adoption of a rigorous and effective pre-trial review?
158. Environmental groups launched a campaign against the widespread production of genetically modified crops.
159. For these reasons, the Conservatives are a little more responsive to widespread expressions of serious doubt on their own backbenches.
160. There is widespread concern among scientists about the safety of storing nuclear waste underground.
161. There is widespread anxiety that the Bill may be a clear breach of the Race Relations Act 1976.
162. Unfortunately, widespread foot-dragging continues to act as a brake on debt relief.
163. Trading was comparatively light in both currency and equity markets, but the collapse in confidence seemed widespread.
164. Failure to record consultations is probably fairly widespread, and so this proportion is likely to be characteristic of the total.
165. Its consensus rulings have received widespread acceptance, establishing the body as an authoritative source of interpretation.
166. At the time, the far right's surprise breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt caused widespread concern.
167. In short, the lack of business transaction security is widely acknowledged as a major impediment to widespread ecommerce.
168. Iron deficiency anemia, as evidenced by a high prevalence of low hemoglobin levels, was a widespread problem.
169. The widespread adoption of floating exchange rates increased the uncertainty and risk associated with international trade and investment.
170. Freezing is a widespread response to a predator alarm among many of the better camouflaged species.
171. They said parents sexually abused their children as part of a satanic ritual, and that these practices were widespread.
172. The year saw widespread consultation on the issues surrounding the considerable cost to the profession of the minority of solicitors who default.
173. There was widespread alarm, and there was good cause for it.
174. Many of the compounds in question are members of a group of estrogen-like synthetic chemicals that are widespread in the environment.
175. Disputes about unpaid wages and deteriorating working conditions attracted widespread violence against activists(http://Sentencedict.com), as union rights were restricted.
176. There is, it is heartening to note, quite widespread acceptance that language is significant in all subject areas.
177. Once again, however, it took the fears engendered by the Boer War to arouse widespread interest in the issue.
178. Voice over Police are already monitoring the movements of travellers convoys and the exclusion order will give them widespread powers of arrest.
179. The setting up of the agency has aroused strong emotions, but there are widespread misunderstandings about it.
180. It refers to the resurgence of manufacturing during the 1980s and the mistaken but widespread belief that manufacturing is still shrinking.
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