wide-ranging

comparative wider-ranging · comparative more wide-ranging · superlative widest-ranging · superlative most wide-ranging

1. Occurring over a wide range; appearing throughout a broad region, or extending over a diverse spectrum of possibilities.

   wide-ranging sanctions

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   At least half of this traffic is coal from the Yorkshire pits, an increasing amount of which is running in block trains that bypass the yard on the main line; the remainder is wide-ranging in its diversity, from wool to wine and textiles to timber.

   1963 September, “The new Tyne and Healey Mills yards of the North Eastern”, in Modern Railways, page 169

   Synonyms: broad-based