widened; widening
ˈwīd-niŋ 
ˈwī-dᵊn-iŋ
: to increase the width, scope, or extent of
widen a road
widen an investigation
: to become wide or wider
a widening gap
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.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
That opportunity alone is enough to widen Stevenson’s smile.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Now that gap, currently about €400 million, is widening again, Ádám Balogh, head of the Ukraine Support Task Force Unit, which oversees the fund, said.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The result is a widening gap between organizations experimenting with AI and the few that are actually scaling it into day-to-day operations.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for widen
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“Widen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widen. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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