as in to widen
to increase the width, breadth, or scope of
They decided to broaden the road by adding an additional lane. You'll find if you broaden your horizons that there are many right paths to choose.
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Recent Examples of broaden
The Denver Crime Lab’s system was launched for cases within only the Denver Police Department in 2018, but expanded to include four crime laboratories in 2023, broadening its reach to 32 police agencies spanning from metro Denver to Colorado Springs.
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Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
The findings have inspired researchers to broaden the search for fossils of the earliest amniotes, and their close relatives, to the southern continents, Sumida said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Many of these grants focused on broadening participation in science and engineering among underrepresented student groups.
—Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 22 May 2025
How could the agreement broaden access for treatments?
—Nicole Hassoun, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
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Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
The findings have inspired researchers to broaden the search for fossils of the earliest amniotes, and their close relatives, to the southern continents, Sumida said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Many of these grants focused on broadening participation in science and engineering among underrepresented student groups.
—Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 22 May 2025
How could the agreement broaden access for treatments?
—Nicole Hassoun, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broaden
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California is a case study in this problem, with a housing deficit that widened by nearly six million units over the last three decades.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Oc Register,
30 May 2025
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China widened its lead for these goods in the same period.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
29 May 2025
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Stablecoins are often treated as satellites of U.S. monetary policy—dollar proxies that expand liquidity and shore up Treasury demand.—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Trump’s memo will go into the history books as a moment when presidential power expanded to put under his control a military force aimed at U.S. civilians.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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“Broaden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broaden. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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