as in everywhere
in every place or in all places
we searched far and wide for a surgeon who could perform that delicate operation
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Recent Examples of far and wide
People come from far and wide to listen to bluegrass music at the weekly Friday Night Jamboree at Floyd Country Store or attend FloydFest, a multiday music festival in July.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
The event, in its 16th year, is an opportunity for Chicagoans to celebrate spring in the city — and for runners far and wide to test their abilities and mark new personal achievements.
—Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Like Stevenson, Elson is anxious both to have results to present to the scientific community and to share effective remediation methodologies far and wide.
—Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Other photographs and paintings illustrate the erotic Orientalist tropes that both tempted Europeans and reinforced their desire to enforce Western values far and wide.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
The event, in its 16th year, is an opportunity for Chicagoans to celebrate spring in the city — and for runners far and wide to test their abilities and mark new personal achievements.
—Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Like Stevenson, Elson is anxious both to have results to present to the scientific community and to share effective remediation methodologies far and wide.
—Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Other photographs and paintings illustrate the erotic Orientalist tropes that both tempted Europeans and reinforced their desire to enforce Western values far and wide.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far and wide
Adverb
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The basket went everywhere Jane did; from the grocery store to the red carpet at Cannes, Birkin’s basket was a whole thing.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Tuition is everywhere the leading source for universities of unrestricted revenue.—
Clifford Ando,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
Adverb
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These batteries are extremely sensitive to very high and low temperatures.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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The menu is tight and snacky, elegant and gimmicky, high and low.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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“Far and wide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far%20and%20wide. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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