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far and wide
Idioms and Phrases
For a great distance, over a large area. For example, They searched far and wide for the lost child , or The message went out far and wide . [c. a.d. 900]Example Sentences
You are at a ceremonial site, but here the ritual is distinctive and contemporary: The pomp and circumstance in biennial art exhibitions like Desert X beckon the faithful to assemble from far and wide.
Anti-vaccine information on federal government websites could spread far and wide since the overview results for Google searches tend to draw on information from the CDC website, Jamieson said.
Similarly, the Palisades fire’s size has remained listed at 23,713 acres since Sunday as crews from far and wide have flowed into the fire zone and constructed a perimeter around it.
The impacts of the Jan. 6 insurrection are still felt far and wide, and it’s important to tell the truth about exactly what happened that day.
“My daughter lost her school campus, she lost her home,” Bonca said, adding that the destruction is “just so far and wide and so close to home at the same time.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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