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broaden

[brawd-n] / ˈbrɔd n /


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His goal is to broaden the museum’s reach, not just show by show, but by connecting it to a larger community of civic leaders and arts organizations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

So they will welcome "the opportunity to broaden their customer base and potentially move into defence", he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Novo also intends to broaden growth beyond obesity and diabetes into cardiovascular, liver, blood, and endocrine disorders, while a 2027 launch of CagriSema is a key opportunity to beat consensus, Citi adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“What we can do and will do is ensure that any change in relative prices don’t broaden out, don’t have second- and third-order effects on the economy,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Some of the most insidious tricks employed tonight will involve artifice and illusion. Without the milk you could be even more susceptible. It would only broaden their ability to mask their true appearance.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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

The revelation broadens a cyber incident that OpenAI described as unprecedented and which began when two of its models hacked Hugging Face, a site developers use to store and share AI models and code.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The new framework broadens accountability to nonprofit institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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

Perhaps the best sign of improvement in the job market would be if hiring broadened out to more businesses beyond healthcare.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

California has broadened the list of racial and ethnic categories people can select in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

"We have broadened the potential application of these materials," Singh said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Although G20 talks broadened to cover issues like climate change and global health over time, analysts expect Washington to advocate a "back-to-basics" approach this year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

There, just shy of the city, the Uzumark broadened into a delta and was sliced into ribbons by boulders and small islands before simply vanishing.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

“The opportunity is also broadening beyond technology and communication services into financials, materials, power and electrification.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

She says the explosion of content online has "definitely helped" with broadening attitudes to women taking up DIY or a trade.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The answer starts with Jesus, but much of the credit belongs to St. Paul, who dispensed with Jewish dietary law, circumcision requirements and prohibitions against intermarriage, thus broadening the appeal of early Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Across the infrastructure field, “constraints are broadening rather than easing,” Daryanani said, and he expects that dynamic to get worse in 2027.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Me?” said the prosecutor with a broadening smile.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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