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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Recent Examples of widen
As the range of near-term outcomes widens and becomes hard to predict, the company is withholding second-quarter operating income growth and earnings per share forecasts, CFO Rainey said.
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Ananya Mariam Rajesh, USA Today, 16 May 2025
The Unified Government has conducted site work and construction to widen the levee to create a nearby overlook park adjacent to the bridge.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
Ratcliffe was granted control over footballing operations, and his remit has evidently widened beyond that.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Trading off-exchange widens the visible bid-ask spread, which sets the standard for best execution, and so results in inferior executions for retail customers.
—Daniel Schlaepfer, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Ananya Mariam Rajesh, USA Today, 16 May 2025
The Unified Government has conducted site work and construction to widen the levee to create a nearby overlook park adjacent to the bridge.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
Ratcliffe was granted control over footballing operations, and his remit has evidently widened beyond that.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Trading off-exchange widens the visible bid-ask spread, which sets the standard for best execution, and so results in inferior executions for retail customers.
—Daniel Schlaepfer, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widen
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Coloring outside the lines Contemporary collectors under age 50 have broadened the scope of what constitutes art, from street art to multimedia installations and wearables.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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How could the agreement broaden access for treatments?—
Nicole Hassoun,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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On a year-on-year basis, however, Japan's GDP expanded 1.7%, the largest expansion since the first quarter of 2023 and a stronger showing compared to the 1.3% growth seen in the fourth quarter.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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This year, that influence expanded into the cultural mainstream with her debut on Season 7 of The Real Housewives of Miami.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The September departure of OpenAI’s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, who then founded a rival AI startup, has intensified the AI talent war.—
Anna Tong,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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And political repression has intensified since Maduro’s fraudulent July 2024 re-election, says a new report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) advocacy group.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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“Widen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widen. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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