Having important and widely applicable effects or implications.
a public inquiry would address far-ranging issues
decisions that had far-ranging consequences
these new sites are yielding far-ranging benefits for millions of citizens
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There are few sociotechnical shifts with such far-ranging benefits as the move from unsustainable energy to clean, green micropower.
The far-ranging topics mirrored hot issues like security, energy and productivity, among others; many sessions were standing-room only.
Based as always in India, he maintains a far-ranging, busy touring schedule in North America, Europe and elsewhere.
His style is both confident and conversational, and his examples are far-ranging.
But there could be more far-ranging implications in the world of medicine.
Bauer, 46, is not merely a far-ranging inventor.
While its far-ranging scope encompasses a number of contentious topics, the book is at its best when individual entries tackle seldom debated subjects.
Once established, most ornamental grasses have deep, far-ranging root systems, making them resistant to drought.
Every reader of Credo will no doubt come up with questions to put to such a far-ranging work of historical erudition.
The severity of the depression brought to Washington a president whose imposing legacy included the rise of big government and far-ranging intervention in the economy