wide-open

adjective

: having virtually no limits or restrictions
a wide-open town

Examples of wide-open in a Sentence

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Just down a stairwell past the Tonight Show entrance at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, behind the wide-open golden doors of Rough Trade Below, a Sam Fender track buzzed from the speakers while Mark Ellinger, in town from Montreal to chaperone a high-school field trip, looked through a box of used vinyl. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025 Nearly every run provides sweeping views of Lake Tahoe off the East Ridge trail, with wide-open spaces allowing guests to create their own on-mountain adventure. Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 The Broncos controlled the game throughout and nearly opened the scoring a minute in when freshman forward and Winnipeg Jets prospect Zachary Nehring, with the net wide-open on the back post, pounded a shot off the crossbar. Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Now comes the first wide-open primary for Republicans after more than a decade of Reynolds, and Branstad before her. Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wide-open

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wide-open was in 1858

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“Wide-open.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-open. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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