broaden
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“The listing is intended to improve Glencore’s profile with Australian investors, broaden its shareholder base, improve trading liquidity and enhance corporate financial flexibility,” the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The move to incentivize the use of public transit could broaden the appeal of Mountain View-based Waymo, which has been offering rides to the public in San Francisco since 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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,” Pivotal Research Group analyst Jeff Wlodarczak wrote in a Monday note.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Some of the most insidious tricks employed tonight will involve artifice and illusion. Without the milk you could be even more susceptible. It would only broaden their ability to mask their true appearance.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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"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
“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 also broadens its focus on inclusion and community, with a diverse range of events and ramped-up educational offerings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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 generative AI has vastly broadened the range of tasks that humans can successfully outsource.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Campari contends that a growing, wider spritz category is good for the company, adding that the introduction of Sarti in Europe has broadened the company’s reach without cannibalizing its other brands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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
Where the river broadened out into Blackwater Bay, the boom stretched taut, a bare two or three feet above the water.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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
Across the infrastructure field, “constraints are broadening rather than easing,” Daryanani said, and he expects that dynamic to get worse in 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The movie “9 to 5” from 1980 settled her broadening stardom; acting alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in a comedy about three office workers who get even with an abusive boss, Parton charmed viewers.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
If you won't take my word for it and have no vested interest in broadening your worldview, here's the most important takeaway: Iran is not pronounced i-RAN; it's pronounced e-RON.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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