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-wide

Extending throughout the specified area or scope.

Old English wīd, spacious or extensive.

Some well-established words in this ending, such as worldwide, nationwide, countrywide, and statewide, have now been joined by a variety of others coined in the last decade or so, of which a few examples are enterprisewide, campuswide, networkwide, and householdwide. Examples continue to be actively formed.

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