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

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Example Sentences

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countrywide

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has described the situation countrywide as "a national shame", while the Royal College of Nursing has called it "a national emergency".

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

Inside Zona 7, about 60 inmates remain, along with hundreds more countrywide for whose release family members have been clamoring for weeks.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Heavy deployments of security forces are posted countrywide, and UN experts warned ahead of the voting of "growing intolerance, threats and attacks", and a "tsunami of disinformation".

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

These foreign holdings or “cleruchies” not only put underused land back into taxable cultivation, but also afforded the king what was essentially a countrywide system of garrisons.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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