widen

Example Sentences

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The growing price war threatens to widen losses at OpenAI and Anthropic, which are already bleeding billions of dollars a year to pay for computing firepower to build and operate advanced AI systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Experts are increasingly warning of a "China shock 2.0", with a glut of inexpensive goods made in the Asian powerhouse threatening manufacturers around the world as trade deficits widen.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Will America deliver economic opportunity to more of its people—or will the gap between the extraordinarily successful and struggling widen?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“The temptation is always to say, ‘Well, let’s just widen it out at the edges, just be a bit more generic and then we can almost appeal to anyone,’” Saunders said.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

Dad’s eyes widen a little when I come out of the changing room.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman