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Everywhere and anywhere

everywhere

adverb, conjunction, pronoun

used for talking about a very large area such as a region, a country, or the whole world

anywhere

adverb, pronoun

used when you are not referring to one particular place, because what you are saying applies to every place

somewhere

adverb

used for referring to a place when you do not know or say exactly where

wherever

adverb, conjunction

everywhere or anywhere where someone does something or where a particular situation exists

all-over

adjective

covering the surface of something completely

systemic

adjective

affecting all of something

elsewhere

adverb

in or to another place or other places

the length and breadth of something

in every part of a large area

all over the place

in or to many different places

here, there, and everywhere

in or to many different places

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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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