countrywide

Or coun·try-wide

[kuhn-tree-wahyd]

adjective

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

   a countrywide reaction; a countrywide highway system.

Word History and Origins

Origin of countrywide¹

First recorded in 1920–25; country + wide

Example Sentences

Much of the decrease in emissions can be put down to countrywide investments in wind and solar.

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It's hard to exaggerate the sheer audacity - or ingenuity - that went into Ukraine's countrywide assault on Russia's air force.

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Kabila, a former general, was also disparaging about the government's handling of the security situation countrywide, especially the use of pro-government militias as "auxiliaries" of the armed forces.

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About 75 people have been arrested in a countrywide crackdown that saw more than 400 health facilities raided over the alleged scam, he said.

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The controversy over the concerts coincides with wider calls for a countrywide boycott in Turkey which has been criticised by the government as economic sabotage.

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