Widespread Sample Clauses
The 'Widespread' clause defines the threshold or criteria under which an event or circumstance is considered to be affecting a broad area, group, or set of parties, rather than being isolated or limited in scope. In practice, this clause may specify that certain contractual obligations or remedies are triggered only if an issue, such as a disruption or failure, impacts a significant portion of operations, customers, or geographic regions. By establishing what constitutes a 'widespread' event, the clause helps ensure that parties are not held responsible for isolated incidents and provides clarity on when special provisions or responses are activated.
Widespread. The entire inventory of covered equipment is affected (more than three quarters of individuals, sites, or devices).
Widespread. Disasters impact more people psychologically than by physical harm or destruction. In a disaster, persons who are affected psychologically outnumber persons who are harmed physically or sustain major property damage. This concept can be portrayed graphically by displaying a disaster’s large psychological “footprint” compared with the relatively smaller medical “footprint” (▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2003). Numbers of psychological casualties notably exceed numbers of medical casualties when the “boundaries of exposure” are unclear. For example, large numbers of distressed persons may seek screening when they fear harm from a hazardous material that is undetectable to the senses, a source of radiation, or an “incubating” infectious disease. The term “widespread” is selected intentionally to denote that persons affected psychologically are not only greater in number, but are usually distributed geographically over a wider area compared with persons sustaining physical harm.