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
This strategic move brought more than 770 talented employees to our team and broadened our reach to more than 12,500 customers globally.
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Milan Shetti, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration broadened its export controls in October 2022 that blocked sales of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to Chinese companies.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 18 Oct. 2024
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law in 1990, broadened disability protections into most aspects of public life, including education, access to businesses open to the public, and public transportation.
—Sarah Szilagy, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
Tens of thousands of people have been killed as the conflict has broadened into fighting on multiple fronts, including with Hezbollah and Iran.
—Hugh Son,kristian Burt, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
With the growing popularity of small-scale homes in recent years, massive retailers like Amazon have broadened its marketplace horizons and now offer tiny houses among its sea of products, like vacuum cleaners and bird feeders.
—Alicia Geigel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
However, in recent years, the responsibilities of school counselors and social workers have significantly broadened.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
Over time, the term has broadened to refer to various contexts where things come together, such as a place where people meet (like a bar or restaurant), or in slang, a marijuana cigarette (possibly derived from the idea of rolling or joining the materials together).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Fears of mainland-style surveillance and policing caused notable angst during the 2019 protests, which broadened to encompass many Hong Kongers’ fears that the central Chinese government would encroach on the city’s limited autonomy.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Milan Shetti, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration broadened its export controls in October 2022 that blocked sales of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to Chinese companies.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 18 Oct. 2024
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law in 1990, broadened disability protections into most aspects of public life, including education, access to businesses open to the public, and public transportation.
—Sarah Szilagy, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
Tens of thousands of people have been killed as the conflict has broadened into fighting on multiple fronts, including with Hezbollah and Iran.
—Hugh Son,kristian Burt, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
With the growing popularity of small-scale homes in recent years, massive retailers like Amazon have broadened its marketplace horizons and now offer tiny houses among its sea of products, like vacuum cleaners and bird feeders.
—Alicia Geigel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
However, in recent years, the responsibilities of school counselors and social workers have significantly broadened.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
Over time, the term has broadened to refer to various contexts where things come together, such as a place where people meet (like a bar or restaurant), or in slang, a marijuana cigarette (possibly derived from the idea of rolling or joining the materials together).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Fears of mainland-style surveillance and policing caused notable angst during the 2019 protests, which broadened to encompass many Hong Kongers’ fears that the central Chinese government would encroach on the city’s limited autonomy.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Broadened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadened. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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