widen
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Trade ministers from several G20 economies are also seeking to widen trade talks beyond their US host this week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
That’s the question hanging over this summit and any future ones: What is Beijing willing to pay to widen that window?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The more the Fed and other central banks aim to tighten policy, the more likely it is that spreads should widen further.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
“My ever increasing involvement and identification with the poor only continues to widen the gap between my obedience to religious authority and my own understanding of what my life as a Christian must entail.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The point was less to find a new job than to widen my understanding of what was possible and how others had gone about it.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The Microsoft founder and one of the world’s biggest philanthropists warns that artificial intelligence could be either a “great equalizer” or a force that widens the world’s inequality gap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones launched from Iraq, as conflict in the Middle East widens.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
If competing platforms adopt equivalent commitments, the overnight block widens to 10:00 pm to 7:00 am and the daily allowance drops to 60 minutes per app, capped at two hours across all of them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Each added layer of complexity widens the range of assumptions and models a rating agency can employ.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Then the ledge suddenly drops down and widens out, carved steps becoming more obvious.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
High Yield Option-Adjusted Spread widened 48 basis points, or 0.48 percentage points, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 30.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Access to the internet has widened their perspective, and many told Poole González that they dream of joining the exodus of more than 1 million Cubans who have left the island in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Authorities widened the crackdown in 2021, declaring cryptocurrency transactions illegal and restricting mining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Now parts of the pavements are being widened to make it a more pleasant place to spend time, though many Aberdonians are weary of the disruption, and of new traffic restrictions.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
About forty paces ahead, the trail widened slightly beneath a rocky overhang.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
That 48-basis-point move isn’t enormous by historical standards, but the speed of the widening is what caught my attention.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
“The dollar maintained its dominance, supported by relative growth resilience and widening rate differentials,” Tickmill Group partner of market strategy, Patrick Munnelly, said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"To do this requires scaling our efforts, widening our reach, and getting closer to the hardware."
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Kim estimates the surplus at $42.70 billion in September, widening from the prior month’s revised $34.79 billion and surpassing the previous record of $35.91 billion set in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Dancing over the widening cracks, holding her closely, I drew her toward the doors to safety.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
