as in widened
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 broadened
Phipps said the instruction broadened participants' understanding of potential threats and response options.
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Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
But even as his social circle broadened, there was perhaps no one more influential on Greenspan than Ayn Rand.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Ecology remained characteristic of her approach, but Carson now broadened her aims to encompass a mobilization of public opinion equal to the task of addressing the widespread harms of chemical pesticides in everyday life and agricultural ecosystems alike.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
The case prompted the Prince Act, a Wisconsin law that broadened the state's missing-child alert system to include cases that do not meet the criteria for an Amber Alert, WISN reported.
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Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
So that’s broadened the diagnosis.
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Torie Bosch,
STAT,
6 June 2026
Beyond that, Cramer noted that leadership broadened beyond the AI and data center trades.
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Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
The growing use of facial recognition has broadened concerns about accuracy and bias.
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Vijayan Asari,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
India’s Impact Films has broadened its 2026 Cannes acquisition slate to include titles by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Kore-eda Hirokazu, and Asghar Farhadi, while also stepping into the Indonesian market for the first time.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
But even as his social circle broadened, there was perhaps no one more influential on Greenspan than Ayn Rand.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Ecology remained characteristic of her approach, but Carson now broadened her aims to encompass a mobilization of public opinion equal to the task of addressing the widespread harms of chemical pesticides in everyday life and agricultural ecosystems alike.
—
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
The case prompted the Prince Act, a Wisconsin law that broadened the state's missing-child alert system to include cases that do not meet the criteria for an Amber Alert, WISN reported.
—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
So that’s broadened the diagnosis.
—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
6 June 2026
Beyond that, Cramer noted that leadership broadened beyond the AI and data center trades.
—
Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
The growing use of facial recognition has broadened concerns about accuracy and bias.
—
Vijayan Asari,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
India’s Impact Films has broadened its 2026 Cannes acquisition slate to include titles by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Kore-eda Hirokazu, and Asghar Farhadi, while also stepping into the Indonesian market for the first time.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadened
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Every wave of outrage widened her audience.
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The channel, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Chesapeake Bay and Norfolk Harbor, had already been widened by February 2024 to allow for two-way traffic of container ships that carry more than 16,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
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Under his leadership, SMUD expanded workforce training programs, and joined the state’s Energy Imbalance Market, a wholesale energy-trading market that allows SMUD to buy low-cost renewable energy in real time, and sell excess energy to generate additional revenue.
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According to the agency, the Dodd-Frank Act, a 2010 law passed in the wake of the housing crash to tighten financial oversight, expanded its authority by giving it control over swaps, a type of derivative contract.
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