wide-spreading
Americanadjective
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spreading over or covering a large area.
wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
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affecting or reaching a large area.
a wide-spreading infection.
Etymology
Origin of wide-spreading
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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With their thick leg bones attached to wide-spreading hip bones and a sturdy tail, giant ground sloths could have stood upright on their hind legs to reach leaves high in trees.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
“Giving the fourth dose to individuals who were at risk to develop severe disease has been instrumental in limiting the burden on hospitals in Israel during the fast and wide-spreading Omicron surge,” the researchers concluded.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2022
There are challenges to wide-spreading at-home testing plans.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021
He was apologetic and contrite when he appeared before a British parliamentary committee last July, all the while pleading ignorance about wide-spreading phone-hacking at the News of the World newspaper, which he subsequently closed.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2012
She led him past a pool with a fountain under a wide-spreading tree, and then struck off to the left between beds of plants toward a huge many-trunked pine.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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