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  • adjective Alternative spelling of far-reaching.

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far +‎ reaching

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Examples

  • The nezam had successfully sought to win public loyalty with farreaching charity.

    Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

  • Instead his argument was basically outsider v. insider; farreaching change v. incrementalism.

    Obama Called Hillary After Speech -- Honors Her For "Valiant And Historic Campaign" 2009

  • So the development of the mechanized tomato picker had many farreaching consequences.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • However, changes and variability in climate patterns in Southern Africa in the form of changes in rainfall patterns, rising temperatures and the increased frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and tropical cyclones, have farreaching impacts on socioeconomic development and human well-being.

    Southern Africa and the atmosphere 2008

  • He\'d run to protect big business, to prevent revolution or farreaching reform. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Why Bloomberg Might Run 2008

  • He'd run to protect big business, to prevent revolution or farreaching reform.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Why Bloomberg Might Run 2008

  • I don't think many people have yet realised just how farreaching the new Government of Wales Act 2006 actually is.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • In a way this has surprised even me, because I did not have the benefit of foresight into how a slow and meticulous examination of the evidence in full view of the Internet could have such farreaching consequences.

    NAS Panel Excerpts: #1 PCs « Climate Audit 2006

  • Given the farreaching consequences of these technologies, we owe it to ourselves, our children, and future generations to think carefully about which ones we can responsibly and beneficially use as a society.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • But of all the historic changes we made, the most farreaching and necessary were the ones we made to education.

    Education Reform in Ontario 2002

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