widen
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Nitrite helps relax and widen blood vessels, improving blood flow and contributing to lower blood pressure.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
They can widen more sharply when investors suddenly demand more compensation to trade in a specific name or industry.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
It could help widen the window for therapies that tackle the underlying causes of disease, bringing us closer to a cure for dementia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
This relationship could widen the gap between American AI companies and their Chinese rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Her eyes widen as they fall on us.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Occasionally, a new tool or technique comes along that widens this to a shotgun: aim at a few closely related problems and hope that you hit one.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
Filing jointly with your wife widens your tax brackets, and standard deductions help limit your taxable income.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
If the race for nuclear weapons widens and accelerates, the region will become more unstable, heightening risks for the entire world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
As CO2 concentrations rise, this zone widens, increasing the atmosphere's cooling efficiency.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
The hills begin to plane out into a high plateau, and the road widens.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
The gap between how well pupils from better-off backgrounds perform at school compared with their classmates from lower-income households has widened, according to a new report.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
This year, the Television Academy chose to merge the talk series and scripted variety series into one category, and while it widened the entries, ultimately all the shows are previous nominees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The U.S. trade deficit widened in May, according to data published by the Commerce Department Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Amazon’s 5.95% coupon bonds due March 2066 widened by about 14 basis points.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Ekon watched Fahim, standing nearby, as his eyes widened in horror.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
By opening people’s minds and widening the scope of human control, these developments helped lay the groundwork for the rise of capitalism in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Over the next several weeks, their sensors noted that the crack was widening about 0.015 of an inch per day, a rate invisible to the eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Although gaps at some school stages had begun to close post-pandemic, the report said they were widening again in the early years and at Key Stage 4, when pupils sit their GCSEs.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Patriotism is about widening the circle of liberty, dignity and opportunity so that more people can fully participate in the promise of this country.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
But now the trenches were widening, and water drained steadily into grates in the pavement.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
