Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Throughout a whole nation.
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- adjective Extending throughout a
nation . - adverb Throughout a nation.
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- adjective occurring or extending throughout a country or nation
- adverb extending throughout an entire nation
Etymologies
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Examples
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The number of buildings that earned the label nationwide increased from 6,200 in 2008 to
SFGate: Top News Stories Robert Selna 2010
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This week, at a meeting attended by government ministers, provincial governors, traditional chiefs, health experts, the commander of the Zimbabwe's defence forces, diplomats and the media, the government announced what it called a nationwide blitz to control, cure and eliminate the disease.
Caroline Gluck: A National Blitz to Control Cholera in Zimbabwe 2009
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Several members of Congress, spurred by groups like SafeMinds and the National Autism Association, have alleged that the Centers for Disease Control and other public health agencies covered up evidence that the measles vaccine and shots containing thimerosal, a preservative, caused what they described as a nationwide epidemic of autism and other diseases.
Arthur Allen: Congress Finds Nothing Underhanded About CDC's Thimerosal Work 2008
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The Chinese government says it has arrested close to 800 people over the last two months in what it calls a nationwide crackdown in the production and sale of tainted food, drugs, and agricultural products.
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It urged authorities on Friday to "lift the siege" on the city and to halt what it called a nationwide campaign of arbitrary arrests.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Federal authorities say a leader of what they describe as a nationwide radical Sunni Islam group has been fatally shot during an FBI raid in the Detroit area.
WN.com - Articles related to FBI file on accused museum shooter dates to 1963 2010
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Federal authorities say a leader of what they describe as a nationwide radical Sunni Islam group has been fatally shot during an FBI raid in the Detroit area.
WN.com - Articles related to FBI file on accused museum shooter dates to 1963 2010
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Federal authorities say a leader of what they describe as a nationwide radical Sunni Islam group has been fatally shot during an FBI raid in the Detroit area.
WN.com - Articles related to FBI file on accused museum shooter dates to 1963 2010
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Federal authorities say a leader of what they describe as a nationwide radical Sunni Islam group has been fatally shot during an FBI raid in the Detroit area.
WN.com - Articles related to FBI file on accused museum shooter dates to 1963 2010
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Federal authorities say a leader of what they describe as a nationwide radical Sunni Islam group has been fatally shot during an FBI raid in the Detroit area.
WN.com - Articles related to FBI file on accused museum shooter dates to 1963 2010
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