countrywide

or coun·try-wide

[ kuhn-tree-wahyd ]

adjective

1. extending across or throughout the whole country; nationwide:

   a countrywide reaction; a countrywide highway system.

Word History and Origins

Origin of countrywide¹

First recorded in 1920–25; country + wide

Example Sentences

And as one of the oldest officials countrywide, sharing wisdom is another responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times

But the stupefyingly great orchestra also happens to be a showcase for Venezuela’s famed countrywide music education program El Sistema, which is funded by, and can serve as a propaganda tool for, Maduro’s government.

From Los Angeles Times

The recent wave of the deaths of dozens of people in Kenya, as police cracked down on protests countrywide, began with the shooting of 30-year-old Rex Masai.

From BBC

That grandchild is now 20, Lambert said, and “can’t wrap her head around” the countrywide rollback of abortion rights.

From Los Angeles Times

In his heyday, in the 1990s, Mr. Murphy was the rare political commentator who commanded a countrywide audience, skewering Canada’s elites as well as its sometimes fragile sense of nationhood.

From New York Times

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