as in to broaden
to increase the width, breadth, or scope of
Immediate action to widen the highway is needed to ease the near constant congestion. The authorities planned to widen their investigation into Ponzi scheme.
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While 2023's Volume 2 widened Visions' lens to include animation studios from all over the world, this new season returns to Japan's anime tradition, with some shorts serving as follow-ups to past hits and others exploring the Star Wars galaxy in totally different (and often shocking) ways.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The ruling marks the latest development in a widening legal dispute over whether the administration can use a lapse in appropriations to permanently downsize federal agencies.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
To reconstruct aging roads, widen the freeway from three to four lanes in each direction to improve safety and reduce congestion, and redesign the Stadium Interchange into a diverging diamond interchange.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
In the works since 2023, KDOT’s current plans call to build 16 interchanges and widen the highway to three lanes.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The ruling marks the latest development in a widening legal dispute over whether the administration can use a lapse in appropriations to permanently downsize federal agencies.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
To reconstruct aging roads, widen the freeway from three to four lanes in each direction to improve safety and reduce congestion, and redesign the Stadium Interchange into a diverging diamond interchange.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
In the works since 2023, KDOT’s current plans call to build 16 interchanges and widen the highway to three lanes.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
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Fields’s son, Raymond, studied psychology in the Pacific Northwest, an experience that broadened his understanding of how people make decisions and how teams connect.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Users will then be able to ask follow-up questions in a conversational manner to refine or broaden their search results.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
1 Nov. 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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Melissa rapidly intensified, jumping from a 70 mph tropical storm on Saturday morning to a 140 mph Category 4 hurricane Sunday morning.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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The 2023 edition opened a month later as Israel intensified its bombing campaign on Gaza, which has since killed more than 67,000 people, injured another 170,000 and razed the Palestinian territory to the ground, prompting accusations of genocide, which Israel has strongly rejected.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Widen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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