nationwide

[ ney-shuhn-wahyd ]

adjective

1. extending throughout the nation:

   The incident aroused nationwide interest.

nationwide

/ ˈneɪʃənˌwaɪd /

adjective

1. covering or available to the whole of a nation; national

   a nationwide survey

Word History and Origins

Origin of nationwide¹

First recorded in 1910–15; nation + -wide

Example Sentences

We’re very used to helping people navigate difficult times, but usually those difficult times are one-to-one, not nationwide or worldwide.

From Vox

The most important thing we can do for the kids, besides push for every possible way to speed up the nationwide vaccination effort, is to keep in mind that whatever they end up doing in these crazy times, they are not losing a year of learning.

From Washington Post

The company’s CEO, Garry Ridge, says that the nationwide popularity of “isolation renovation” projects are driving the increase.

From Popular-Science

The New York City bill in particular could serve as a model for cities and states nationwide.

From MIT Technology Review

Jurisdictions nationwide are struggling with similar issues.

From Washington Post

Egypt has a comparatively low number of HIV cases compared to the rest of Africa, with just 11,000 infected people nationwide.

From The Daily Beast

This would outfit less than one tenth of police officers nationwide but gets the idea circulating.

From The Daily Beast

Trailing only the economy, education and classroom issues dominated thinking among voters nationwide.

From The Daily Beast

White working class distrust of the Democratic Party has gone nationwide.

From The Daily Beast

Now there are only around 5-6,000 members nationwide, according to the SPLC.

From The Daily Beast

General strikes, sympathetic strikes, nationwide boycotts and nation-wide political movements became the order of the day.

From Project Gutenberg

A bigger game it turned out than any of the players knew, bigger in its immediate sweep and in its nationwide issues.

From Project Gutenberg

Were you writing boys' stories for a nationwide magazine of high circulation and accredited quality?

From Project Gutenberg

Do you know how many cases within the 7,337 noted here, which I understand is nationwide, were from Texas?

From Project Gutenberg

Then towards the bottom of that page you have given gross figures during the same 2-year period of the nationwide activity.

From Project Gutenberg

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