wide
adjective
having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad.
widest
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superlativeof wide.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Canada’s goods-trade surplus widened to 5.35 billion Canadian dollars in September, the widest in over four years, Statistics Canada said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The pots were large ovoid, flat-based jars with two handles, many featuring a raised horizontal clay “belt” around the widest part of the jar.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Wildwood” is both the widest release and “highest-profile title” Fathom has ever done, according to Jason Brenek, Fathom’s chief executive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The U.S. trade deficit expanded in August to its widest in more than a year, as imports of products such as crude oil, gold and semiconductors increased, the WSJ’s Konrad Putzier and Anthony DeBarros write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
As they moved out into the widest part of the Langer See, the winds grew even stronger.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
