How to pronounce widely
Listen to widely in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“widely” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 605 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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widely used and widely referenced.
Census Bureau · watch from 93:50 · hear it here
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So let's take YouTube for example which is um widely widely widely used but the BBC
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 156:18 · hear it here
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circulated rather widely.
Federal Reserve · watch from 39:43 · hear it here
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that prosperity widely shared.
UK Parliament · watch from 3:23 · hear it here
Why real speech
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