as in broad
having considerable extent
a rock hound whose extensive reading enables him to identify just about any rock or mineral
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Recent Examples of extensive
Ben Hania’s script was developed through extensive interviews with the actual PRCS volunteers who handled the calls on January 29, 2024.
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Robert Lang, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s nothing like an extensive landscaping project to draw a procession of critics and commentators.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
There are three pools, an excellent kids’ club, extensive sports facilities, and a wonderful spa.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 11 Jan. 2026
The opera is being directed by Octavio Cardenas, a Guadalajara native who has extensive opera directing credits and is currently on the music faculty at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music in New York.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extensive
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The aim is to dig into general themes rather than specific transfers that are currently ongoing to give a broad picture of as many elements as possible.—
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The listing, which could be the largest IPO on record, underscores a broader shift.—
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Madani also said that the collapse of basic infrastructure could spark wider unrest.—
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This could make for an intriguing shootout between Maye and Baker Mayfield, who is playing the best ball of his career and has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers off to a 6-2 start despite rampant injuries along his offensive line and wide receiving unit.—
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Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches.—
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In this sense, sweeping surveys such as this might count people like me—someone who has close friends but lacks friend groups—among the lonely.—
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Nominees will be put through a comprehensive and rigorous process of researching and scoring across a wide range of quantitative and qualitative criteria, including scalability, revenue and user growth, and the use of breakthrough technology.—
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In an important essay, Andrew Sullivan noted this past fall that Trump’s indecency is comprehensive in style and substance.—
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This design helps the sensor capture bright highlights and deep shadows in the same frame.—
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This could be easily written off as the financial mismanagement of youth, but taken as a whole, Gen Z’s outlook on the economy is at once a rejection of conventional wisdom and a deep, almost subconscious absorption of the commodification of everything.—
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The expansive park has more than its fair share of interesting ecosystems and wildlife.—
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The expansive, affordable retailer offers all kinds of furniture, decorative accents, and beyond that appeals to a wide range of styles and home sizes.—
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Following the weekend our next big change will be another extended Arctic Blast late next week.—
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This type of system could be useful for monitoring transplant patients who need to take immunosuppressive drugs, or people with infections such as HIV or TB, who need treatment for an extended period of time.—
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The fertilizers engorged the Everglades on nutrients, especially phosphorus, leading to the widespread proliferation of cattails.—
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Amid widespread corruption under Chávez, as journalist Anne Appelbaum noted in a 2024 book, hundreds of billions of dollars were siphoned off from PDVSA and other Venezuelan companies and subsequently disappeared into private bank accounts around the world.—
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“Extensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extensive. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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