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Examples of widen in a Sentence
The city is going to widen the road.
They plan to widen the investigation.
Her eyes widened in surprise.
They went swimming at a spot where the river widens.
The scope of the investigation has widened.
Recent Examples of widen from the Web
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To Javier Alberto Soto, Miami represents a tale of two cities, with the rich and poor separated by an ever-widening equality gap.
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For commercial flights, ViaSat-2 aims to deliver 25 megabit speeds or better to each passenger airplane, and widen geographic coverage beyond the U.S.
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The Federal Reserve says the economy kept growing in April through late May, with more regions citing worker shortages across a widening range of occupations.
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Yet the pairing, reported by ESPN today, fits with Arby’s desire to move up-market and the Tour’s desire to widen its appeal beyond the country club.
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Aetna Inc. plans to move its corporate headquarters out of Connecticut, according to the Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, dealing a blow to a state that is struggling with a widening budget deficit, stagnant population growth and rising unemployment.
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Always important, shifts in the electorate’s composition have become even more critical to election outcomes as the distance has widened between the preferences of key groups.
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Germany runs a chronic, yawning trade surplus with the United States, which Trump administration officials say Germany has widened by exploiting a weak euro to put American exports at a disadvantage.
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British police arrested a 23-year-old man Monday on the south coast of England, hundreds of miles south of Manchester, in the widening inquiry into the deadly concert bombing.
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First Known Use of widen
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WIDEN Defined for English Language Learners
widen
playDefinition of widen for English Language Learners
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: to make (something) wide or wider
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: to become wide or wider
WIDEN Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of widen for Students
widened
;widening
: to make or become wide or wider The road is being widened.
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