nationwide

[ ney-shuhn-wahyd ]

/ ˈneɪ ʃənˈwaɪd /

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adjective

extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.

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Origin of nationwide

First recorded in 1910–15; nation + -wide

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How to use nationwide in a sentence

His hunger strike in December 2011 received nation-wide recognition and was one of the sparks that ignited the protest movement.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Black Friday demonstrations were part of a nation wide boycott and mass action to bring awareness to Ferguson.
This Week's Riots Are Part of America's Long History of Racial Rage|Sharon Adarlo|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was scheduled for a nation-wide half hour run in prime time on Oct. 27th, 1964.
Remembering Reagan’s Defining Speech|Stuart Stevens|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He cites its nation-wide town-hall meetings to encourage people to hire those with autism.
“Autism Speaks”- but Should Everyone Listen?|Emily Shire|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

If the first 10 amendments were each put to a vote on nation-wide ballot initiatives, how would they fare?
P.J. O’Rourke: Who Really Actually Wants This Bill of Rights?|P. J. O’Rourke|April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
General strikes, sympathetic strikes, nationwide boycotts and nation-wide political movements became the order of the day.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
Compensation was demanded and found in the nation-wide recognition of the value of this patriotic sacrifice.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
To do this there was needed some form of governmental food control and a nation-wide voluntary effort of the people.
Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII|Various
Nothing could be better for the health of the American people than the nation-wide food campaigns the government is conducting.
Think|Col. Wm. C. Hunter
If this campaign was a problem financially, it was a success in the matter of nation-wide publicity.
Susan B. Anthony|Alma Lutz

British Dictionary definitions for nationwide

nationwide

/ (ˈneɪʃənˌwaɪd) /

adjective

covering or available to the whole of a nation; nationala nationwide survey

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