Examples of statewide in a Sentence
Adjective
a statewide survey of voters
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
The bill also bans local governments from requiring contractors to offer anything higher than the statewide minimum wage, which is currently $12 an hour and is set to rise to $13 an hour in September.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
As of April, its 16 statewide inspectors had padlocked only one unlicensed store in New York City, according to a spokeswoman.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
After the state legislature established the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission in 1967, which promoted statewide and local celebrations of the country’s bicentennial, Huntington Beach formed a special committee in the early 1970s to plan a celebration parade.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
Douglas wrote in the post, which was made just one day after the statewide deer season gun opener on Nov. 18.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2024
The measure also eliminates taxes on Social Security income, lowers the statewide mill levy for schools from 20 mills to 19.5 mils and accelerates the elimination of the state sales tax on food to July 1, six months ahead of current law.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
Earlier this year Schulz helped his school, Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences, win a statewide award for registering every student who will be eligible to vote this fall.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
According to Alabama’s 2023-2024 Waterfowl Hunting Guide, four separate statewide goose seasons occur between the start of September and the end of January.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
The deal would also lift restrictions on large apartment buildings in Manhattan, give developers incentives to convert vacant office buildings to housing and pave the way for more development statewide with tax breaks and incentives.
—Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to allow Idaho officials enforce a ban on gender-affirming medical care for nearly all transgender minors statewide, granting a request from state officials to narrow the scope of a lower court's order that blocked the law from taking effect.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
To be fair, try to think back one year ago when there was a fairly strong consensus among forecasters that 2023 would see a recession – locally, statewide and nationally.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
Nebraska’s current system allocates two of the state’s five electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the majority of votes statewide.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Such work has been done statewide in areas where cable barriers are needed to prevent fatal head-on crashes.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
Hogan, who began building his popularity early in his first term by lowering tolls statewide in 2015, has been quick to condemn the revenue package that led to a budget showdown between the chambers.
—Brian Witte, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
In Montana, where lawmakers passed a first-of-its kind statewide TikTok ban, creators have been preparing to similarly use the technology to stay connected to their followers.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Nine California counties — Butte, Glenn, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Sutter and Ventura — will receive federal aid as a result of the declaration, which also includes funding for statewide hazard mitigation efforts, officials said.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
The bill also bans local governments from requiring contractors to offer anything higher than the statewide minimum wage, which is currently $12 an hour and is set to rise to $13 an hour in September.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
As of April, its 16 statewide inspectors had padlocked only one unlicensed store in New York City, according to a spokeswoman.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
After the state legislature established the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission in 1967, which promoted statewide and local celebrations of the country’s bicentennial, Huntington Beach formed a special committee in the early 1970s to plan a celebration parade.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
Douglas wrote in the post, which was made just one day after the statewide deer season gun opener on Nov. 18.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2024
The measure also eliminates taxes on Social Security income, lowers the statewide mill levy for schools from 20 mills to 19.5 mils and accelerates the elimination of the state sales tax on food to July 1, six months ahead of current law.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
Earlier this year Schulz helped his school, Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences, win a statewide award for registering every student who will be eligible to vote this fall.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
According to Alabama’s 2023-2024 Waterfowl Hunting Guide, four separate statewide goose seasons occur between the start of September and the end of January.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
Adverb
Last year, the program was being tested in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties but has recently become available statewide for those under 25, according to the California Department of Health Care Services.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
The deal would also lift restrictions on large apartment buildings in Manhattan, give developers incentives to convert vacant office buildings to housing and pave the way for more development statewide with tax breaks and incentives.
—Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to allow Idaho officials enforce a ban on gender-affirming medical care for nearly all transgender minors statewide, granting a request from state officials to narrow the scope of a lower court's order that blocked the law from taking effect.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
To be fair, try to think back one year ago when there was a fairly strong consensus among forecasters that 2023 would see a recession – locally, statewide and nationally.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
Nebraska’s current system allocates two of the state’s five electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the majority of votes statewide.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Such work has been done statewide in areas where cable barriers are needed to prevent fatal head-on crashes.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
Hogan, who began building his popularity early in his first term by lowering tolls statewide in 2015, has been quick to condemn the revenue package that led to a budget showdown between the chambers.
—Brian Witte, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
In Montana, where lawmakers passed a first-of-its kind statewide TikTok ban, creators have been preparing to similarly use the technology to stay connected to their followers.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Statewide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statewide. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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