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
Best known for its parkas, Canada Goose has broadened its offer into knitwear, fleece and sportswear, categories Reiss says are outperforming core lines.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The event was held to benefit the New York Restoration Project, which Midler founded in 1995 as a way to broaden access to green spaces for underserved communications in New York.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The hurricane entered western Cuba as a Category 3, but the island’s mountains ripped up the eye, weakening but also broadening the storm.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Though viewed as a largely symbolic vote given its low chance of passage, the resolution’s bipartisan support belies a growing and broadening dissatisfaction with the administration’s trade regime.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
The event was held to benefit the New York Restoration Project, which Midler founded in 1995 as a way to broaden access to green spaces for underserved communications in New York.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The hurricane entered western Cuba as a Category 3, but the island’s mountains ripped up the eye, weakening but also broadening the storm.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Though viewed as a largely symbolic vote given its low chance of passage, the resolution’s bipartisan support belies a growing and broadening dissatisfaction with the administration’s trade regime.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
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Gientke told the Statesman in a phone interview that the Urban Renewal Agency funds for his project in downtown Caldwell would be disbursed annually over the next 15 years, and used to improve public safety around the lot by redoing and widening sidewalks, and adding light posts.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Oct. 2025
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The exchange's widening focus is paramount to its future growth as the market for all kinds of digital assets becomes not only larger, but more competitive amid regulatory tailwinds, according to Armstrong.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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In addition to WeRide and Pony AI, Baidu is also expanding its robotaxi offerings through its Apollo Go vehicles.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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That includes a new and robust collaboration with Brazil’s federal government and 22 of its states—including Pará—to expand cooperation on climate action.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Broaden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broaden. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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