widened

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Widened paths, smooth flooring, and handrails will help people with disabilities get around.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Widened spreads include the proposed $33.6 billion deal between railroad operators Canadian National Railway and Kansas City Southern, as both companies await approval from the Surface Transportation Board.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2021

Widened roads and state highways connect Ankeny to cities that were once surrounded by fields and farms, like Johnston, Urbandale and Waukee, which boasts of students speaking 62 languages in the schools.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2020

Bank Lobby Widened Volcker Rule, Inciting Foreign Outrage, Bloomberg The Volcker Rule is a simple concept that is supposed to prevent taxpayer-subsidized banks from making speculative trades.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2012

Possessed of great powers of song, of mimicry, and of acting, and exceedingly social in his tastes, a thousand temptations "Widened and strewed with flowers the way Down to eternal ruin."

From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Marden, Orison Swett