as in widened
to increase the width, breadth, or scope of
They decided to broaden the road by adding an additional lane. You'll find if you broaden your horizons that there are many right paths to choose.
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Recent Examples of broadened
But by now the conversations have broadened – and this year's conference focused particularly on multifamily, GSEs, labor and land.
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
By humanizing the magazine and showcasing people rather than just furniture, Astley broadened its appeal to generations raised on authenticity.
—Jane Hanson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
This year, Universal further has broadened Halloween Horror Nights with haunted houses on both coasts themed to Fallout, Five Nights at Freddy’s and characters from pro wrestling’s WWE.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The mass protests started in response to the ban—which was lifted on Tuesday, September 9—but have since broadened into an expression of dissatisfaction with the country's political leadership and alleged corruption.
—Robert Birsel
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
For Deban, who has studied animal movements and physiology for more than three decades, the project broadened his lab’s focus and deepened its connection to engineering.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Giving Chilmark an international identity broadened our reach.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
On the product front, the brand has deepened its footprint in skin care and broadened laterally into makeup hybrids.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Soon, Roy broadened her political critique to include commentary on United States policy, and her polemical essays became as recognizable (and as controversial) as her fiction.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Diana Olick, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
By humanizing the magazine and showcasing people rather than just furniture, Astley broadened its appeal to generations raised on authenticity.
—Jane Hanson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
This year, Universal further has broadened Halloween Horror Nights with haunted houses on both coasts themed to Fallout, Five Nights at Freddy’s and characters from pro wrestling’s WWE.
—Robert Niles, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The mass protests started in response to the ban—which was lifted on Tuesday, September 9—but have since broadened into an expression of dissatisfaction with the country's political leadership and alleged corruption.
—Robert Birsel
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
For Deban, who has studied animal movements and physiology for more than three decades, the project broadened his lab’s focus and deepened its connection to engineering.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Giving Chilmark an international identity broadened our reach.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
On the product front, the brand has deepened its footprint in skin care and broadened laterally into makeup hybrids.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Soon, Roy broadened her political critique to include commentary on United States policy, and her polemical essays became as recognizable (and as controversial) as her fiction.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadened
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Not to mention the moral superiority gap it’s widened in conversations between the thin and the not thin enough.—
Allison Lax,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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Among those ages 18-29, the gap widened to a staggering 21 points.—
Ryan Burge,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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The waiver program, which was expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce in-person interviews, will now be limited to a narrow set of categories.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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In 2008, that expanded into menswear, where ripped jeans and tough leather blousons became a signature.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Broadened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadened. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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