broad-based

American  

[brawd-beyst] / ˈbrɔdˌbeɪst /

adjective

1. involving participation or support by a broad spectrum of things or people.

   The senator had a broad-based campaign.

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Etymology

Origin of broad-based

broad base + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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broad-based

“Emerging Markets continued to deliver despite the Chinese condom headwinds still persisting with broad-based momentum extending well beyond China,” they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Revenues rose 16.3 percent to $16.7 billion, with the carrier pointing to broad-based growth across different price points and with both international and domestic demand up "meaningfully" from a year ago.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Still, the pickup in price pressures across the economy in the quarter wasn’t particularly broad-based, with measures of core inflation still well behaved, said Abhijit Surya, senior economist at Capital Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Ministers maintain that a broad-based GST, accompanied with these support measures, is the most effective way to support people with the cost of GST on food," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Building a broad-based social movement, however, is not enough.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander