as in widens
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 broadens
This season’s addition of a former child star client, played by Kyle Bary, broadens the narrative’s lens to examine fame, pressure, and reinvention, themes that resonate far beyond the courtroom.
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Okla Jones, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
Shares are still trading at lower levels, even as the company progresses toward profitability and broadens its ecosystem beyond ride-hailing and delivery to include payments, lending, and digital banking.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The term also broadens the clinical lens.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
As Universal broadens the focus of Halloween Horror Nights, that can create a thematic contrast within the event that can become too difficult for an increasing percentage of the audience to accept.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Sectors like large cap healthcare, in particular, offer defensive value and earnings momentum in this transition, while small caps may catch up later as recovery broadens.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
The discovery broadens the understanding of these remarkable invertebrates in Chile’s native forests.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The new marketplace also broadens the retailer’s presence in categories where rivals like Micro Center excel, with a larger selection of laptops, gaming accessories and products from brands such as Razer, Microsoft and Samsung.
—Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
As this stock market is ripping to records, Capital Wealth Planning’s Kevin Simpson is keeping his cool, scooping up some value picks that will benefit as the rally broadens out, while deploying his tried-and-true options strategy to generate income.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
Okla Jones, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
Shares are still trading at lower levels, even as the company progresses toward profitability and broadens its ecosystem beyond ride-hailing and delivery to include payments, lending, and digital banking.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The term also broadens the clinical lens.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
As Universal broadens the focus of Halloween Horror Nights, that can create a thematic contrast within the event that can become too difficult for an increasing percentage of the audience to accept.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Sectors like large cap healthcare, in particular, offer defensive value and earnings momentum in this transition, while small caps may catch up later as recovery broadens.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
The discovery broadens the understanding of these remarkable invertebrates in Chile’s native forests.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The new marketplace also broadens the retailer’s presence in categories where rivals like Micro Center excel, with a larger selection of laptops, gaming accessories and products from brands such as Razer, Microsoft and Samsung.
—Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
As this stock market is ripping to records, Capital Wealth Planning’s Kevin Simpson is keeping his cool, scooping up some value picks that will benefit as the rally broadens out, while deploying his tried-and-true options strategy to generate income.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadens
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The scope widens as necessary — to a cross-country train ride, a college campus, a corporate office, and more — but that duo by the water is the heartbeat of a poignant, unmissable film.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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Otherwise, the trust deficit widens and adoption stalls.—
Prashant Kondle,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Its extendable tabletop expands to give you extra room when entertaining, while two drawers tuck away remotes and other essentials.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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Throughout this month, the collaboration expands with a robust lineup of experiential programming, including live performances with Gibson, a Maxbone Joy happy hour, a special Derrick Adams x Bookmarc moment, among other events.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Broadens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadens. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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