countrywide

American  

[kuhn-tree-wahyd] / ˈkʌn triˈwaɪd /

Or country-wide

adjective

1. extending across or throughout the whole country; nationwide.

   a countrywide reaction; a countrywide highway system.

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Etymology

Origin of countrywide

First recorded in 1920–25; country + wide

Example Sentences

Huddled around a small makeshift memorial of votive candles and flowers, those gathered demanded that the Inglewood Police Department adopt body-worn cameras, as many police agencies countrywide have done.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

And he ruthlessly stamped out internal challenges to his rule, including several waves of countrywide unrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Bazaaris provided financial support to the opposition and drew on their countrywide networks to help organize the unrest, lending decisive help to the uprising that included Iran’s mosque network, trade unions and many ordinary people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The Supreme Court is due to rule on the legality of these countrywide tariffs, imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

I again proclaimed that a countrywide campaign of noncooperation would be launched if the state failed to hold such a convention.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Related Words

• civil
• communal
• domestic
• ethnic
• governmental
• internal
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