The phrase "a wide practice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a practice that is common or prevalent in a particular field or context.
Example: "In the field of education, a wide practice of collaborative learning has emerged among teachers."
Alternatives: "a common practice" or "a prevalent practice".
The bulk of his legal work — which took up the bulk of his professional life — was the predictable work of a small-town lawyer with a wide practice: property disputes, petty criminal cases, family arguments over money, neighbor at war with neighbor, bankruptcies, and, oddly, libel suits where local women defended themselves against charges of prostitution.
Moreover, there was a wide practice of informal payment.
A wider practice of DOTS strategy by departments other than the internal medicine/lung department was found in hospitals 1, 5 (public hospitals) and 3 (private hospital).
Administration of the injectable form via a nasal adaptor is becoming a wider practice although there is not presently a compatible FDA approved nasal adaptor or formulation specifically for intranasal use.
It is a fairly wide practice, experts say, with Japanese, American and other fishing nations employing it in their quest for fish.
Ms Diamond's lawyer, Chinyere Ezie, said in the video that there is a system-wide practice in Georgia of humiliating transgender inmates and subjecting them to "state-sanctioned" abuse.
"The reuse of bread, he informs us, "is an industry-wide practice, and he cant resist adding that "once in a while some tubercular hillbilly has been coughing and spraying in the general direction of that bread basket.
Hayes claimed he was taking part in an "industry-wide" practice.
Teadirect said: "Our teabags are 70% compostable" while its sustainability manager Whitney Kakos claimed the the use of the plastic polypropylene was "an industry-wide practice".
The BBC has defended forcing some freelancers to be paid through their own companies, arguing that it is an industry-wide practice endorsed by the government.
The final factor ("Developing Own and Others' Practice"), comprising two variables, may be considered to be part of a wider reflective practice issue, and, as such, could be expanded and developed to form a module in basic training.
