broad-based

[ brawd-beyst ]

adjective

1. involving participation or support by a broad spectrum of things or people:

   The senator had a broad-based campaign.

Word History and Origins

Origin of broad-based¹

broad base + -ed ³

Example Sentences

While there's a lot of anticipation around what the impact of tariffs will be, some experts think the actual implementation of tariffs will be narrower than the broad-based ones Trump suggested on the campaign trail.

From Salon

Ahead of the peak shopping period, the nation’s largest retailer appears well positioned, citing “broad-based strength” across its product range.

From New York Times

UCLA’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias this week publicly released a 93-page report submitted to the university’s interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt describing “broad-based perceptions of antisemitic and anti-Israeli bias on campus” that have increased over the last year.

From Los Angeles Times

"On the one hand, the relationship is far more broad-based than ever thanks to the size of the diaspora, the diversity of that diaspora and the increase in bilateral trade, increased student exchanges - albeit this last point has become a problematic issue for the Trudeau government as well," says Mr Touhey.

From BBC

So you’re trying to respond to a concerted, sprawling decadeslong effort by the Leonard Leos of the world, the Federalist Society, the Heritage Foundation, to turn the courts into the thermonuclear device that blows up pluralistic, tolerant, broad-based democracy in service of special interests.

From Slate