countrywide
Nationwide, violent crime rose 3.7 percent in the first half of the year.
Available nationwide, cornmeal is an inexpensive ingredient with good nutritional value.
The group now has more than 300 members nationwide.

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nationwide | American Dictionary

nationwide
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈneɪ·ʃənˈwɑɪd/
existing or happening in all parts of a particular country:
A nationwide survey of mothers revealed some very interesting things about what mothers want from fathers.

nationwide

adverb[ not gradable ]us/ˈneɪ·ʃənˈwɑɪd/
The performances were taped for telecasting nationwide.

nationwide | Business English

nationwide
adjective[ only before noun ]
uk /ˌneɪʃənˈwaɪd/ us /ˈneɪʃənˌwaɪd/
existing or happening in all parts of a particular country:
a nationwide chain/networkEssential services could still be delivered through a nationwide network of local post offices.
a nationwide strike
nationwide
adverb
uk /ˌneɪʃənˈwaɪd/ us /ˈneɪʃənˌwaɪd/
in all parts of a particular country:
The products are available nationwide.
Businesses nationwide that delayed buying equipment and expanding during the recession are now upgrading.

Examples of nationwide

nationwide
As in the new nationwide sulfur dioxide trading program, compliance with the requirement to hold allowances will thus be determined on a facility-wide basis.
In a broader nationwide perspective, we will assume here that forestry competes mainly with agriculture for land, in order to simplify the analysis.
There is also the option of trying to pass specified refusal legislation in several states as a preemptive measure to an eventual nationwide policy.
The test included listening items for the first time in a nationwide college entrance examination.
Corporatism needs" hegemonic" agencies, rather than bureaucratic competition, if policies are to be enforced nationwide.
By the end of the decade, despite progress by some states, advancement towards an effective nationwide pollution control programme was slow.
A nationwide language acquisition programme funded by the government, to which all the immigrants were entitled, was introduced.
Student leaders justly prided themselves on the creation of democratically structured, broad-based, nationwide student organisation.
The survey was a nationwide survey in principle.
The participation rate was 55 % in the nationwide sample.
A similar survey carried out nationwide in 1998 on the 1996 birth cohort showed higher coverage (56 %), even though still insufficient for controlling the disease.
Although this outbreak was not necessarily due to poor pool maintenance, deficient maintenance is reported to be widespread in pools nationwide.
Registries have been established recently, but the first nationwide reliable data are not expected to be available within the next few years.
Nationwide the procedures are widely carried out on an individual basis and inappropriate use rates are probably high.
Among these are improvements in quality assurance, enhancing communication between the ambulatory and hospital sectors, and organizing a nationwide cancer registry.
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