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
If successful, this broadens Nvidia’s total addressable market into logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, construction, retail, and autonomous systems—sectors that prize uptime and safety.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Managing Product Complexity And User Experience As Zoom broadens its platform, expectations for clarity and intuitiveness are also rising.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 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
This move broadens the EU's efforts to choke off support for Moscow's war machine while also penalizing foreign actors aiding Russia's military and trade activities.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
For example, the Academy’s admission process broadens opportunities for minorities by expanding the candidate pool early on, inviting more qualified candidates to advance while maintaining rigorous, race-neutral criteria for the final selection.
—Corinne Post, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
This broadens your network with varied viewpoints and fosters richer ideas and insights, which are essential for innovative thinking and culturally resonant solutions.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Managing Product Complexity And User Experience As Zoom broadens its platform, expectations for clarity and intuitiveness are also rising.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 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
This move broadens the EU's efforts to choke off support for Moscow's war machine while also penalizing foreign actors aiding Russia's military and trade activities.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
For example, the Academy’s admission process broadens opportunities for minorities by expanding the candidate pool early on, inviting more qualified candidates to advance while maintaining rigorous, race-neutral criteria for the final selection.
—Corinne Post, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
This broadens your network with varied viewpoints and fosters richer ideas and insights, which are essential for innovative thinking and culturally resonant solutions.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadens
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In neighborhoods with the highest levels of gun violence, the disparity widens to 68 times.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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When no one knows (or is supposed to know) what anyone else earns, the pay gap widens.—
Danaya Wilson,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Now, even if the AL and NL were to stay, realignment is going to have to happen anyway once MLB expands to 32 teams.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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The film expands on the novel Stabat Mater by Tiziano Scarpa, which in turn is based on the real life of Vivaldi who was a Roman Catholic priest and taught at the Ospedale della Pietà for almost 30 years.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Broadens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadens. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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