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broaden

[brawd-n] / ˈbrɔd n /


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“She’s gonna have to broaden her focus to issues related to public safety, homelessness. Obviously, we both agree that city liabilities need aggressive proactive risk management,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

A veteran of the Iraq War, Driscoll made military modernization a priority during his tenure, championing initiatives to broaden the availability of drone and counterdrone capabilities among U.S. allies, according to an earlier Army announcement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

PRT also would broaden public insight into how lease agreements with the port affect the local workforce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The MLA added that "opportunities that educate, inspire and broaden horizons are quietly lost while Stormont remains distracted from the issues that matter most to families".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

I saw the drive broaden to the sweep I had expected, and with the blood-red wall still flanking us on either side; we turned the last corner, and so came to Manderley.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

At the same time, “Black Zombie” recognizes this subgenre’s cultural resilience, arguing that recognizing the zombie’s true roots broadens its narrative possibilities.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh signaled that higher interest rates are reaching the artificial-intelligence investment surge as growth broadens beyond it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The discovery broadens the known variety of magnetic minerals found in lunar samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Customer demand is accelerating as enterprise adoption broadens and we continue to deepen our technology platform.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

It was about nine in the morning when Mammachi and Baby Kochamma got news of a white child’s body found floating downriver where the Meenachal broadens as it approaches the backwaters.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

But following the security clampdown, the movement broadened its demands to include greater protection for civil liberties and the right to protest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Export growth broadened in the second quarter and strengthened overall, Macklem said, bolstered by robust U.S. demand, higher energy production and increasing signs that businesses are adapting to the upheaval in global trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Lakota is predominantly known to be a bass music venue, but over the years it has broadened its programme to include Afrobeats and amapiano events.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

She even sought out McDonald, another yacht rock OG, for a collab that didn’t end up making the LP, which expanded beyond her original premise as her listening broadened along with her cooking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Soon the River broadened and grew more shallow; long stony beaches lay upon the east, and there were gravel-shoals in the water, so that careful steering was needed.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Stocks with relatively high dividend yields have been performing very well as a group, in line with the general broadening of performance for the U.S. stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Chairman Kevin Warsh said higher rates are reaching the investment surge and growth is broadening beyond it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

It relied hugely on advertising that was brokered through third-party services such as Apple, and wanted to change that by broadening beyond social media to its own hardware and devices.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

My take: Some of this may be healthy broadening after a long stretch of overheated tech buying.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Yes,” Amah said, her smile broadening, “tell the story.”

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin


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