wholesale
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
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masivo
- Many citizens are calling for wholesale reforms in healthcare to ensure better access for everyone.
- wholesale changes
- wholesale rejection
- wholesale reduction
And so we read a little bit later on, here is a wholesale slaughter they're talking about.
- And so we read a little bit later on, here is a wholesale slaughter they're talking about.
- There is no one single thing that we can do to make wholesale improvements to the system.
- And I think that that is one of the reasons why people seem to be taking their views wholesale rather than piece meal.
- I mean, that's the now we can destroy the world and truly kind of destroy civilizations wholesale.
- And, you know, like, you know, the sort of like wholesale destruction that I guess that we saw in Grozny in Chechnya.
- We also look at larger wholesale approaches to employment that would require local hiring, for example, first source hiring.
- And to try and change wholesale all the things that go on, it is a massive change.
- It should be a multivariate, very nuanced viewpoint because why I should take my views piece meal not wholesale right?
Examples
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Most commercial fish in Hawaii are sold at wholesale fish auction houses.
Academic text (1993) -
So despite the government cracking down, protesters have remained in the streets and are now demanding wholesale reforms in all parts of Nigerian life.
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And to try and change wholesale all the things that go on, it is a massive change.
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There is no one single thing that we can do to make wholesale improvements to the system.
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New York is the wholesale jewelry capital of the world.
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The government proposed wholesale changes to the education system to improve student outcomes.
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The company is preparing for wholesale changes in its management structure to boost efficiency.
Synonyms
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3.8
Very large and affecting many people or places
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4.1
Complete and using all available resources
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4.8
Covering a large area or affecting many things
Antonyms
Compounds
A business that sells goods in large amounts to shops and other businesses at low prices
- Specialized
A number that shows how prices of goods sold in large amounts change over time
How Indiscriminate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The adjective wholesale grew from the idea of whole ('complete') plus sale ('selling'), and people began to use it more broadly to mean something that affects the whole or happens on a large scale. So when someone talks about 'wholesale changes' they mean big, wide changes that touch the entire area.