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broad

[brawd] / brɔd /








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The broad S&P 500 added 15.60 points, or 0.21%, to 7428.78.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The broad overperformance, however, came as Ford notched another loss and revenue drop for its ailing EV business, and leaned on its storied pickup trucks to limit a year-over-year sales drop.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Although the tumors frequently activated the same broad pathway, they did not all evolve in the same way.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

Shortening the ballot-curing window, Alexander said, would probably require a broader discussion with election stakeholders and is contingent on there being broad voter access to electronic signature-curing options, which are not in place yet.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

JonPaul is nearly six feet tall, with shoulders as broad as a four-lane highway, and he can bench-press me.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

“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

Hemsby lifeboat service used its flat-bottomed vessel, used to navigate shallow waters of the Norfolk broads, to carry out a rescue of six people.

From BBC Apr. 24, 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

At the broads of Clashmore, the highest water-mark to which the inflowing tide comes, one can easily imagine themselves upon an inland lake.

From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Praeger, Robert Lloyd

The operation was expanded into a much broader checking for unauthorised contact between journalists' phones and police phones.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Some private-equity firms are raising their largest funds ever in Asia, even as broader industry fundraising remains tepid in a risk-off environment dominated by geopolitical tensions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

After a powerful rally earlier in the year, the red-hot memory trade has hit the rocks recently amid a broader drawdown in semiconductor names.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

But a police crackdown on crowds marching towards parliament on July 20 backfired, galvanising support for the movement and transforming anger over exam leaks into a broader expression of youth frustration.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

A black-stalked plant towered over us, its dark green leaves, broader than a man’s hand, sheltering purple bellshaped flowers.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The company has the broadest pipeline in its history with about 60 drugs under development in hopes that the more shots on goal, the better.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

David Hockney, who has died aged 88, was Britain's favourite artist - and a man of trenchant views, expressed in the broadest of Yorkshire vowels.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

The broadest category of high-tech employment, including software development and computer design, totaled 2.37 million jobs in May.

From MarketWatch Jun. 5, 2026

Well, okay: In the absolute broadest possible sense, the photos are about her kids growing up.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

Hence Toynbee did not pose Yali’s question, nor did he come to grips with what I see as history’s broadest pattern.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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