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WordBand 6.5–7.5Toofey picks
widespread
/ˈwaɪdsprɛd/
adjective
Found or happening in many places or among many people.
- “There is widespread concern about plastic waste.”Toofey
- “The use of this type of radio has become widespread.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))