broad
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Using tribal power and rigorous detective work, a family of an army officer in Yemen tries to find out how he was abducted in broad daylight, and what happened to him afterward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Neurons may use large amounts of ATP during REM sleep to support memory-related synaptic reorganization, communication between the hippocampus and cortex, or broad transitions across brain circuits.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Still, Oppenheimer’s Wald believes that in the current technical setup, the death cross “aligns with a broad loss of momentum,” and it “strengthens the case for a trend reversal.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The 10-year benchmark, which has a broad impact on borrowing costs across the economy, rose as high as 5.14% Wednesday, an intraday level last seen in July 2007.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Three towers, each topped with a dome in dusky pink, gave it a look of wit and knowing intelligence, and its vast arched windows with their broad sills gave it solidity and purpose.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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There are three broads areas of concern the players want addressing:
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
“Us old broads are trying to learn the new technology because, I mean, we’re kind of trapped,” said Linda Harner, whom I met at the Culver City Senior Center, where she takes a Spanish class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
This is a workout for ladies, by which she means older broads who might appreciate the occasional low-impact leg lifts.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 9, 2019
“I think they just bonded over overcoming their experiences, and being great broads, and being tremendous mothers,” she explained.
From Fox News ● Nov. 30, 2018
Every year, about this time, it was our practice to go in a house-boat over the broads of Samalda.
From The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
Towns and cities need to encourage a broader range of occupiers, from arts and culture to leisure, health and well-being.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
At the same time, a wave of massive corporate-bond issuance to fund the AI infrastructure build-out could also add to the broader supply of bonds, potentially driving yields even higher.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Flavoalkaloids belong to a broader family of plant chemicals known as phenolic compounds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The plan would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and pause fighting across the region while the two sides pursued broader negotiations.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Aragorn was the tallest of the Company, but Boromir, little less in height, was broader and heavier in build.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Voluntary standards would primarily raise costs for participating laboratories, government rules could alter competition between companies and jurisdictions, and an enforceable industrywide agreement would have the broadest implications for chip demand and capital spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“The broadest metric I look at is the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index ,” Nuveen’s Close said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
For investors, this is a reminder of two basic principles: You can’t judge a fund by its name alone, and diverging even slightly from the broadest exposure to stocks can give you startlingly different results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Well, okay: In the absolute broadest possible sense, the photos are about her kids growing up.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
One of them, a very short older man with the squarest, broadest face of orange-brown I’d ever seen, said something to them and they all began leaving.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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