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
Economic woes sparked the protests, which broadened into a challenge to the theocracy before the crackdown, which activists say has killed at least 6,443 people.
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Sam McNeil and Jon Gambrell The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Back in 2019, Starbucks dismantled its two-tier rewards structure in an effort to broaden engagement among newer customers, but the company now argues that the simplified system failed to differentiate between casual users and its most frequent, and valuable, visitors.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests that initially began as demonstrations against the country’s economic woes but broadened into a challenge to the Islamic Republic’s theocracy.
—Mehmet Guzel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
To broaden the range of wavelengths NPs can absorb, the team proposed using self-assembling gold supraballs.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
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Sam McNeil and Jon Gambrell The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Back in 2019, Starbucks dismantled its two-tier rewards structure in an effort to broaden engagement among newer customers, but the company now argues that the simplified system failed to differentiate between casual users and its most frequent, and valuable, visitors.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests that initially began as demonstrations against the country’s economic woes but broadened into a challenge to the Islamic Republic’s theocracy.
—Mehmet Guzel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
To broaden the range of wavelengths NPs can absorb, the team proposed using self-assembling gold supraballs.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broaden
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In that sense, wetware computing is less about building artificial brains and more about widening the set of tools available to computation itself.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Here, Ellis explains how and why pro football made a conscious effort to widen its all-American tent to include women, people of color, casual fans and international viewers — and make the sport more valuable to marketers.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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For many schools, that means expanding technical education classes, building partnerships with local businesses, and getting creative with transporting teens — some just on the cusp of learning to drive — to part-time work.—
Carley Lanich,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
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Powered by rapid advances in embodied intelligence, China’s humanoid robots are advancing rapidly, expanding their potential roles in both industrial settings and home environments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Broaden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broaden. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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