BROADENS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

broadens

verb

present tense third-person singular of broaden

as in widens

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 broadens This broadens the college sports debate to include federal legislation, voting rights, and civil rights, with significant political ramifications. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Sonali Basak, chief investment strategist at iCapital, still thinks there's fuel left in the stock market, however, especially as the rally broadens beyond Big Tech. — Lee Ying Shan,fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 This second season is briskly paced and captivatingly animated, and more time spent with characters like Jubilee, Nightcrawler, and Polaris broadens the series’ ensemble (and allows for flashier fight sequences, thanks to their power sets). — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 Children of foreign diplomats are already excluded from birthright citizenship, and the new order broadens the covered categories. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 But the longer these price pressures persist, the greater the risk that inflation broadens well beyond the energy market and sticks around for longer. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 As the trend broadens, expect a wave of users trying spicules on skin that shouldn’t tolerate them — followed by a corrective conversation about who the format is actually for. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026 The painting broadens the idea of who belongs in the story of American abstraction, according to Galpin. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 Beyond reducing component counts, the approach broadens supply chain options, speeds manufacturing, and provides greater flexibility when increasing output. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

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This not only improves blow flow in one particular region but also relaxes and widens blood vessels throughout the body, Kloner says.

— Will Stone, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
As the Baby Boomer generation ages, the financial burden of caregiving widens wealth disparities.

— Samir Shah, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

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This new effort expands on individual airline trials to try mitigating contrails across an entire flight corridor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Under the new partnership, the companies will work together to develop, finance and produce original features, formalizing an ongoing creative relationship as Watch This Ready expands its slate across independent and studio-backed projects.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026

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