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broaden

[brawd-n] / ˈbrɔd n /


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“So you get this sort of idea of a filtering through the supply chain, a filtering into other areas of the economy that would broaden the base of expansion.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“We believe this pressure is likely to broaden as agentic AI increasingly replaces human search, comparison and routine decision-making,” he wrote following Amazon’s decision.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Orange County Rep. Young Kim has removed several references to President Trump from her campaign website as she tries to broaden her appeal to voters in a race against fellow Republican Rep. Ken Calvert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 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

“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

"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 International Fact-Checking Network has previously warned of devastating consequences if Meta broadens its policy shift related to fact-checkers beyond US borders to the company's programs covering more than 100 countries.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 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

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

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

In recent years, however, it has broadened its focus to extreme adventure tourism, with options for every level of experience, fitness and skill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

Much like then, the movement is driven by a convergence of large societal trends—this time the rise of social-media algorithms, changing therapeutic approaches and a broadening definition of trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The thing about “Coat of Many Colors,” though, is that it doesn’t end with the narrator broadening her schoolmates’ minds or even with her shaming them for their cruelty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Another feather in the cap for value is that, while growth stocks generally lead during periods of slowing or scarce profit, profits are now generally picking up and broadening out.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

But the lead researcher, Dr Varun Warrier, says this shows "autism broadening out genetically" rather than misdiagnosis.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Best of all, the Levy family played chamber music every afternoon, thus broadening Shirley’s cultural horizons.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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