How to Use statewide in a Sentence

statewide

1 of 2 adjective
  • What are the big statewide races?
    Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • The state has long leaned blue in statewide races.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But experts said the risk is statewide.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That gives the statewide effort a good head start.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • That mirrors the statewide trend.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Democrats haven’t claimed a statewide win in over 35 years.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • To see the statewide dashboard, click here.
    Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • But those statewide efforts failed across the board.
    Ashley Lopez, NPR, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Now, there’s a push to fund a statewide grant program.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
  • Some Texas cities go further than the statewide law.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Those include statewide races and a slew of local races.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • Swalwell had just announced a statewide tour and aired his first ad.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Both Democrats are aiming to flip the statewide seat in a red state.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Yes, some red states have higher statewide murder rates.
    Darvio Morrow, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s a look at what schools made the nationwide and statewide lists.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Here are the statewide races that will be heading to a runoff this summer.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • That’s where a search of the statewide eCourts system can come in handy.
    Amber Gaudet updated February 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Do Texas Democrats want to win statewide elections?
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Democrats have not won a statewide race in Texas since 1994.
    Sarah Whitten,dan Mangan, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Wicks introduced a bill to place it on a statewide ballot next year.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The statewide winner will be announced in May.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The bill also would create a statewide task force to track all crashes.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • There have been plenty of statewide primaries before that lacked a big name.
    Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Those all add up for the effort for statewide recognition.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Here are some of the other statewide and local races that could be on your ballot.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • The statewide tax relief program, meanwhile, is open to more groups.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The statewide ban begins in July.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Indiana passed a statewide ban on homeless camps.
    Evan Frank, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Mike Thomas said at a statewide e-bike safety symposium this week.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
  • But Republicans have not won a statewide race in two decades.
    Wcco Staff, CBS News, 26 June 2026

statewide

2 of 2 adverb
  • Who are the top teams statewide?
    Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025
  • It will be broadcast live statewide.
    Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That will change running statewide.
    Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Soon the campaign swelled statewide.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
  • How much is gas statewide in Arizona?
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • He's well known, has won statewide and is off to a good fundraising start.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 2 May 2026
  • A little over 40% of third graders passed statewide.
    Bri Hatch, Chalkbeat, 11 May 2026
  • But this type of effort needs to be scalable statewide.
    Christina Mojica, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
  • Decades ago, bears were not seen as a major problem statewide.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The group hopes to expand statewide with more funding.
    CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In 2025, the group made 23 grants statewide.
    Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Maybe a few hundred million statewide.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats believe an open seat gives them their best chance in years to compete statewide.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • It’s been decades since a Democrat has won statewide in Texas.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
  • In fact, statewide, access to pre-K is dropping.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • How many voters statewide were not able to vote for their local leaders?
    Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Farm bankruptcies are up statewide.
    Justin Papp, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • And, statewide, the issue has reached a broad base on social media.
    Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
  • It's been over three decades since a Democrat has won statewide in Texas.
    Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • That accounts for about half of teachers and leaders statewide.
    Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Not every county is on board, but there is now a push to expand it statewide.
    Itay Hod, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That equates to 10 farms statewide, compared to two the year before.
    Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The impact will be felt at hospitals statewide.
    Tara Molina, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That’s a 44% increase in flat-out denials statewide.
    Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
  • Democrats both statewide and nationally cheered him on.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That year, two farms statewide had permits to sell raw milk, state health department records show.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The last Democrat to win statewide there was in 1994.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
  • What was once a slow squeeze has become an acute system failure for patients statewide.
    Andrew Hevesi, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • There were 312,460 ballots cast statewide.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 20 May 2026
  • The merit and data-driven plan will help merge townships statewide.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'statewide.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: