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broaden

[brawd-n] / ˈbrɔd n /


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The MLA added that "opportunities that educate, inspire and broaden horizons are quietly lost while Stormont remains distracted from the issues that matter most to families".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

If those currently underappreciated sectors come through, earnings leadership could broaden out, she says.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Big Caring plans to expand its retail network, strengthen its sales channels, improve distribution infrastructure and broaden its pharmacy services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“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

Looking ahead one sees it broaden, rising and curving slowly, dwarfing the dark ridges of earth, meeting the ice-wall far above under veils of cloud and smoke and snow.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

“Customer demand is accelerating as enterprise adoption broadens and we continue to deepen our technology platform.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

The revelation broadens a cyber incident that OpenAI described as unprecedented and which began when two of its models hacked Hugging Face, a site developers use to store and share AI models and code.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 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

But generative AI has vastly broadened the range of tasks that humans can successfully outsource.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

"We have broadened the potential application of these materials," Singh said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

It then broadened its restrictions on additional fertilizer varieties in March and halted most sulfuric-acid exports beginning in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

The morning light had broadened, gained greater depth, and lay in a clean sheet across the bay, giving it a silver tincture.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

There are few signs inflation broadening has broadened so far.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, what encourages Kirsch most of all is that the broadening of market performance that he called for is now unfolding and more forcefully than he anticipated.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Positive surprises from these unloved sectors could drive a broadening in market performance.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Many firms have started passing on those costs to consumers, broadening inflationary pressures for which there is no easy fix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Why don’t you open your own business? I’ll advance you the money,” I said, fascinated at the idea of broadening my commercial interests in that direction.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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