broaden
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Now, he sees the growing popularity of genres such as amapiano - a popular South African house music subgenre - as an opportunity to broaden the scene.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The ezCater acquisition comes as Uber moves to broaden its global food delivery footprint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Hiring has also begun to broaden out beyond healthcare, which accounted for 95% of all new jobs in 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
It also would broaden public insight into how lease agreements with the port affect the local workforce by requiring any leaseholder extending a lease or lease applicant to disclose overview on its employment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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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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
“Customer demand is accelerating as enterprise adoption broadens and we continue to deepen our technology platform.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 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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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
“Women’s favorability dipped during and right after the tournament before recovering in September, and their purchase consideration drifted down slightly across the whole window. If the marketing broadened Adidas’s appeal, it landed more with men.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
He said the company has broadened its customer base to include multiple hyperscalers — or large cloud companies that provide computing power.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Every third EV sold in the U.S. this year has been a Model Y. This summer, Tesla broadened the vehicle’s appeal by launching a slightly longer variant, the Model Y L, with six seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Her interests broadened and she listened intently to the radio, captivated by the political and financial stories, which failed to engage me.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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
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
Chief Executive Olivier Le Peuch said SLB benefited from growth in North America land, as well as a gradual recovery in the Middle East and broadening international activity in deepwater offshore basins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
So how about the opposite case: what if a mother and father are not only proficient in English but spend their weekends broadening their child’s cultural horizons by taking him to museums?
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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