as in to broaden
to increase the width, breadth, or scope of
Immediate action to widen the highway is needed to ease the near constant congestion. The authorities planned to widen their investigation into Ponzi scheme.
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Recent Examples of widen
The demand for batteries outside of China is set to triple within five years — driven by AI, data centers, drones, EVs, and defense — and the gap between what current supply chains can produce and what the market will need is widening fast.
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Gene Berdichevsky, Fortune, 14 May 2026
The Ada County Highway District plans an unrelated project starting in early 2027 to widen sidewalks, replace traffic signals and narrow lanes between Overland and Rose Hill Street.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2026
Nudging clinicians away from prescribing without investing in therapy infrastructure widens that gap.
—Jonathan Slater, STAT, 13 May 2026
Higher energy costs are expected to significantly widen the country's trade deficit and current account deficit.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 May 2026
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Gene Berdichevsky, Fortune, 14 May 2026
The Ada County Highway District plans an unrelated project starting in early 2027 to widen sidewalks, replace traffic signals and narrow lanes between Overland and Rose Hill Street.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2026
Nudging clinicians away from prescribing without investing in therapy infrastructure widens that gap.
—Jonathan Slater, STAT, 13 May 2026
Higher energy costs are expected to significantly widen the country's trade deficit and current account deficit.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widen
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The piece broadens again into a compressed history of the war, and the rise of a dictator in part because of complicity and disregard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Many women are buying primary residences, but more and more are purchasing pieds-à-terre for work trips to New York, while others are adding condominiums to broaden their investment portfolios.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 May 2026
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Officials allege the group sold the oil under false pretenses and used the profits to sustain and expand the original food fraud scheme.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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The potential downside of a long layoff has been a hot topic in baseball ever since MLB expanded its playoff field in 2022, awarding first-round byes to the top-two seeds in each league.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
18 May 2026
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But the indictment’s most consequential allegations center on what happened after Washington intensified sanctions pressure on Venezuela’s oil industry beginning in 2019.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
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Higher output at sea The findings arrive as governments worldwide intensify efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and expand renewable energy generation in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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“Widen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widen. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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