How to Use wide-ranging in a Sentence

wide-ranging

adjective
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  • This seems more like the right charge for something this wide-ranging.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The show also seemed to cast with Graziadei’s wide-ranging tastes in mind.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Trump sat with Musk for a wide-ranging two-hour chat on X’s Spaces.
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The impact from the hack has been wide-ranging across multiple states.
    — Sean Lyngaas, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Task force members went over ways to start tackling a wide-ranging problem in the city.
    — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 27 June 2024
  • The crowdsourced bits of data were wide-ranging and often quirky.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Remedies in the case could be targeted or wide-ranging.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2024
  • When gum health suffers, the consequences can be wide-ranging.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The wide-ranging menu is described as Indo-Mexi fusion.
    — Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In the wake of wide-ranging business shutdowns to combat the spread of the virus, office employees fled their workspaces in huge numbers.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
  • Likewise, his skilled use of Ekstrand and Sevedag’s wide-ranging score to enhance the drama’s supple mood changes.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The transgressions among Colts players have been wide-ranging.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Through its wide-ranging collection, Izza aims to welcome friends, to blend eras and to bridge distant worlds.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The three-day excursion takes passengers on a wide-ranging tour of landscapes, from the grasslands of Highveld to the desert of Great Karoo.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
  • And animals as wild and wide-ranging as monkeys, crocodiles, and gazelles played a part in the pet culture of ancient Egypt.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In the wide-ranging interview, Souza also recalled the moments right before he was struck by the bullet.
    — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The charges against him, including bribery, fraud and breach of trust, served as the backdrop for a wide-ranging attack on the country’s judiciary.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Since then, the nominations have been some of the most diverse and wide-ranging in the Academy’s history.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The revelations pulled back the curtain on systemic abuse in women’s soccer and led to wide-ranging fallout across the N.W.S.L.
    — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Through an extensive and difficult process, the wide-ranging field was narrowed down to a handful of candidates in the past few weeks.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The railroad has wide-ranging economic impacts on the region.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Reed said the Hyundai expansion would have wide-ranging benefits.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But the numbers can at least illustrate some of the wide-ranging changes metro Detroit schools have experienced.
    — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024
  • He was convicted the next year on wide-ranging narcotics charges and sentenced to six life terms, seven 20-year sentences and three four-year sentences.
    — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The other gold medals demonstrated the wide-ranging expertise of the county’s brewers.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • To reach that goal, Iger undertook a wide-ranging cost-cutting effort across the company, which slashed thousands of jobs.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The wide-ranging remarks — delivered in both French and English — referred to the ongoing war with staunch support for Ukraine.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The eight pieces of legislation would have wide-ranging effects on transgender minors and adults - from school sports to health care to workplace rights.
    — Kimberly Kindy, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The potential reasons for a regular middle-of-the-night pee habit, or what doctors call nocturia, are pretty wide-ranging.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Overall consumer prices increased 2.4% from a year ago, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index, a wide-ranging gauge of goods and services costs.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024

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