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broaden

[brawd-n] / ˈbrɔd n /


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TSMC’s move to buy stakes in the industry’s most influential model developers shows its desire to broaden its AI exposure beyond manufacturing advanced chips to power AI computing infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

PRT also would broaden public insight into how lease agreements with the port affect the local workforce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

“We believe the AI investment cycle remains in its early stages, with opportunities continuing to broaden across the technology supply chain,” the asset manager says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

After a time, they dug carefully to broaden the run and as the day wore on the does, each in turn, remained beside him, licking his wounds and listening to his low, unsteady breathing.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

At the same time, “Black Zombie” recognizes this subgenre’s cultural resilience, arguing that recognizing the zombie’s true roots broadens its narrative possibilities.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

‘And this ledge broadens out to the right. I could stand there without a hold. I’ll——’ his words were cut short.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Fox News has also broadened its base of advertisers in recent years and benefits from negotiated increases in revenue from cable and satellite providers that carry the channel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

But following a security clampdown and serious injuries to some protesters, the movement broadened its demands to include greater protection of civil liberties and the right to protest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

There are few signs inflation broadening has broadened so far.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

This inclusive nature has broadened the scope, and contributes towards a greater pedagogical understanding.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“This supports our view heading into October that back-end yields were likely approaching a peak, and that the equal weight S&P was the more attractive expression of the broadening trade.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

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

Revenue across the division was up 23% sequentially, driven by growing demand, a broadening scope of services and geographic expansion into Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

And she’s right; the oldness is now just appearing about her lip, her temples, in the tide of her voice, which is steadily deepening, broadening.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee


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