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broaden

[brawd-n] / ˈbrɔd n /


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A different way to ride the trend is to broaden your investing horizon.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

The company also said it aims to create new opportunities for local artists and broaden access to live theater.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Adding a four-door version could broaden the model’s appeal to a wider audience, including families seeking more space than the coupe can offer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The researchers plan to broaden their investigation by studying how PBH-triggered explosions might affect the overall population of conventional supernovae and the combined rates of these brief but powerful cosmic events.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

I think he sensed my frustration at living in mutually exclusive worlds and thought a game of baseball would bring together my neighborhood friends and my wealthier Riverdale classmates and broaden the horizons of both.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

“Customer demand is accelerating as enterprise adoption broadens and we continue to deepen our technology platform.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

"For JioStar, tennis broadens the engagement calendar, attracts affluent urban audiences and diversifies advertiser categories beyond cricket," says Bhalla.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The new framework broadens accountability to nonprofit institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Chatrie broadens the constitutional problem considerably because geofence warrants are built around collective searching.

From Slate May 20, 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

He said the oil price shock from the war with Iran has not broadened out to cause more generalized inflation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

"The hawkish core of the Fed has not only hardened but it's broadened," said Swonk, who expects two rate hikes later this year.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The movement has broadened into one of the most visible expressions of public dissent against Modi in recent years.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Tech stocks led a Friday selloff that by late afternoon had broadened to envelop 10 of 11 sectors in the S&P 500 index.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The earth must have sunk a little here, because the river broadened and slowed, and it was hard for the skipper to trace his true course through the wide and turbid streams.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Data for June and July haven’t suggested the type of broadening in price pressures that would force officials to abandon it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The broadening of the rally means index-fund returns no longer hinge on a few AI names.

From MarketWatch Aug. 9, 2026

Some investors remain skeptical that earnings justify the rally broadening much further.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Tim Wilkins, the managing director of Intertanko, a trade body representing tanker owners, said the industry was "facing a broadening, deteriorating, and increasingly complex security situation".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The sky spoke of rain to come; but the light was broadening quickly, and the red flowers on the beans began to glow against the wet green leaves.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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