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broaden

[brawd-n] / ˈbrɔd n /


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He wanted to broaden the market by appealing to women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

It also would broaden public insight into how lease agreements with the port affect the local workforce by adding employment reporting requirements for any leaseholder extending a lease or any lease applicant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 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

Now, he sees the growing popularity of genres such as amapiano - a popular South African house music subgenre - as an opportunity to broaden the scene.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Looking ahead one sees it broaden, rising and curving slowly, dwarfing the dark ridges of earth, meeting the ice-wall far above under veils of cloud and smoke and snow.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

“When it broadens out, it makes it much more difficult to avoid for consumers. That’s really the concern going forward,” Yaros said, adding that it’s especially challenging for lower-income households.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

She might never have thought this had she not spent time among the clouds herself, which is a perfect example of how travel broadens the mind.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Fox News has also broadened its base of advertisers in recent years and benefits from negotiated increases in revenue from cable and satellite providers that carry the channel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

But following a security clampdown and serious injuries to some protesters, the movement broadened its demands to include greater protection of civil liberties and the right to protest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 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

The pandemic also broadened the idea of what service-based businesses could be, potentially opening new moneymaking prospects, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 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

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

Mail-in voting has become more popular over the last decade, with many states broadening access to it during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Chief Executive Olivier Le Peuch said SLB benefited from growth in North America land, as well as a gradual recovery in the Middle East and broadening international activity in deepwater offshore basins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Positive surprises from these unloved sectors could drive a broadening in market performance.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Why don’t you open your own business? I’ll advance you the money,” I said, fascinated at the idea of broadening my commercial interests in that direction.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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