broaden
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He wanted to broaden the market by appealing to women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
“She’s gonna have to broaden her focus to issues related to public safety, homelessness. Obviously, we both agree that city liabilities need aggressive proactive risk management,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
It also would broaden public insight into how lease agreements with the port affect the local workforce by adding employment reporting requirements for any leaseholder extending a lease or any lease applicant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The MLA added that "opportunities that educate, inspire and broaden horizons are quietly lost while Stormont remains distracted from the issues that matter most to families".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Here, amid the digerati, the elite of the Valley, the definition of attention seems to broaden.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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At the same time, “Black Zombie” recognizes this subgenre’s cultural resilience, arguing that recognizing the zombie’s true roots broadens its narrative possibilities.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
The discovery broadens the known variety of magnetic minerals found in lunar samples.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
“The combination broadens the resource base, reduces reliance on the higher-decline Norwegian portfolio and creates a 2nd infrastructure-led development engine in Denmark.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“When it broadens out, it makes it much more difficult to avoid for consumers. That’s really the concern going forward,” Yaros said, adding that it’s especially challenging for lower-income households.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 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
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But following the security clampdown, the movement broadened its demands to include greater protection for civil liberties and the right to protest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Lakota is predominantly known to be a bass music venue, but over the years it has broadened its programme to include Afrobeats and amapiano events.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
In other words, that means the rally suddenly broadened to most of the sector from only a handful of consumer stocks, said analysts at SentimenTrader.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
She even sought out McDonald, another yacht rock OG, for a collab that didn’t end up making the LP, which expanded beyond her original premise as her listening broadened along with her cooking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We made friends—kids from different cultures. It broadened our minds, and we weren’t the only ones going through hard times. That’s why the team is so close. It became our family.”
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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Chairman Kevin Warsh said higher rates are reaching the investment surge and growth is broadening beyond it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
It relied hugely on advertising that was brokered through third-party services such as Apple, and wanted to change that by broadening beyond social media to its own hardware and devices.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Mail-in voting has become more popular over the last decade, with many states broadening access to it during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
In our call of the day, Inui thinks unexpected earnings strength could show up in sectors and stocks where investors least expect, and might just drive a hoped-for broadening of stock-market performance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
The hobbits felt encouraged, and looked up hopefully at the broadening daylight in the sky.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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