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
Carolina had to broaden its approach and add more dynamic weapons to punch the lineup, and Ehlers has been the key to that.
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Annual applications jumped from about 850 between 2010 and 2014 to 5,379 in 2025, following a 2014 state Supreme Court ruling that broadened qualifying pre-existing conditions.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026
Sports should broaden opportunity, not narrow it.
—Prasad Krishnamurthy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
In the meantime, Gemini season continues to broaden your horizons and perspective.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Annual applications jumped from about 850 between 2010 and 2014 to 5,379 in 2025, following a 2014 state Supreme Court ruling that broadened qualifying pre-existing conditions.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026
Sports should broaden opportunity, not narrow it.
—Prasad Krishnamurthy, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
In the meantime, Gemini season continues to broaden your horizons and perspective.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broaden
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Cracks in private credit widened.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Does this budget do enough to close widening health and wealth disparities in underserved communities?—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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The deal with Curry, who is a household name in China, is expected to further boost Li-Ning’s popularity in the country and help expand the brand’s market share in the US.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Broaden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broaden. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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