broad-based
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of broad-based
broad base + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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Twelve European countries imposed broad-based wealth taxes as recently as 1995, but these have been repealed by eight of them.
From Los Angeles Times
With the Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates and analysts penciling in broad-based earnings growth, investors are betting that stocks that have missed out on the red-hot AI trade could still have a pretty good year in 2026.
From MarketWatch
Officials wanted to win broad-based support, White House officials said, and academic experts have major disagreements over saturated fats.
“It’s increasingly clear that the competitiveness of China’s exports is not simply due to the genius of industrial planners in some high-profile sectors like electric vehicles, but reflects broad-based changes in relative prices,” Andrew Batson of Gavekal Dragonomics wrote in a December note.
Competition has pushed annual expense ratios for broad-based low-cost index funds close to zero.
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