far-reaching

Adjective

Meaning

far-reaching (comparative more far-reaching, superlative most far-reaching)

Having a broad range, scope, or influence.

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far reaching

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America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. Herbert Hoover

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. Stanley Milgram

All over the world there must be far-reaching changes in animal behavior and habitat; if only one could have another life in which to chart it all... Ah, well, that's not a fruitful thing to wish, is it? Brian Aldiss

The most momentous and far-reaching question ever brought to issue on this continent was: Shall France remain here, or shall she not? Francis Parkman

Good strong banks are essential for every family and for every business in the country and extraordinary times call for the bold and far-reaching solutions that the Treasury has announced today. Gordon Brown

Profound as race prejudice is against the Negro American, it is not practically as far-reaching as the prejudice against women. For stripping away the sentimentality which makes Mother's Day and Best American Mother Contests, the truth is that women suffer all the effects of a minority. Pearl S. Buck

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