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broaden

[brawd-n] / ˈbrɔd n /


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The findings broaden the potential benefits of vaccination by highlighting a form of protection that may not be immediately apparent.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

"AI leadership could broaden, rather than the boom ending," Chanana said, adding that AMD, Broadcom, Alphabet and Samsung could all gain.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

He had advised clients at the start of the year to broaden exposure by stepping into interest-rate sensitive areas.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

TSMC’s move to buy stakes in the industry’s most influential model developers shows its desire to broaden its AI exposure beyond manufacturing advanced chips to power AI computing infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Because he spent all of his free time there, he couldn’t quite manage to broaden his life.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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

The move broadens the existing California-Quebec carbon market, linked in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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

Fox News has also broadened its base of advertisers in recent years and benefits from negotiated increases in revenue from cable and satellite providers that carry the channel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

Toyota didn’t foresee the rise in U.S. gas prices, Rose said, and that has broadened the RAV4’s appeal beyond hybrids’ coastal strongholds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

If McCandless had walked a mile or so upstream, he would have discovered that the river broadened into a maze of braided channels.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

“This supports our view heading into October that back-end yields were likely approaching a peak, and that the equal weight S&P was the more attractive expression of the broadening trade.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

My take: Some of this may be healthy broadening after a long stretch of overheated tech buying.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Yes,” Amah said, her smile broadening, “tell the story.”

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin


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