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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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Engaging different cognitive skills—logic, creativity and problem-solving—broadens your mental agility.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
This broadens your network with varied viewpoints and fosters richer ideas and insights, which are essential for innovative thinking and culturally resonant solutions.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Surprisingly reminiscent of a white Burgundy, this complex wine opens with notes of hazelnut and wet stone, and then broadens on the palate to ripe golden apple, oatmeal, and a burst of citrus and California sunshine.
—Liz Thach, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The inclusion of a separate power amplifier in the 9000 Series broadens the range of potential system configurations.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Exposure to different ways of thinking broadens perspectives, helping leaders make more informed decisions.
—Joelle MacHia, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This commitment to deeper learning not only broadens his understanding of leadership but also informs his approach to developing training programs.
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The new study significantly broadens the range of data that can be obtained from skulls and hairs collected from historical periods.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2024
The market is hitting this level without much help from tech stocks and the Magnificent 7 as the rally broadens out to the financials in response to strong third-quarter earnings from Wells Fargo , JPMorgan , and BlackRock .
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
This broadens your network with varied viewpoints and fosters richer ideas and insights, which are essential for innovative thinking and culturally resonant solutions.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Surprisingly reminiscent of a white Burgundy, this complex wine opens with notes of hazelnut and wet stone, and then broadens on the palate to ripe golden apple, oatmeal, and a burst of citrus and California sunshine.
—Liz Thach, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The inclusion of a separate power amplifier in the 9000 Series broadens the range of potential system configurations.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Exposure to different ways of thinking broadens perspectives, helping leaders make more informed decisions.
—Joelle MacHia, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This commitment to deeper learning not only broadens his understanding of leadership but also informs his approach to developing training programs.
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The new study significantly broadens the range of data that can be obtained from skulls and hairs collected from historical periods.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2024
The market is hitting this level without much help from tech stocks and the Magnificent 7 as the rally broadens out to the financials in response to strong third-quarter earnings from Wells Fargo , JPMorgan , and BlackRock .
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Broadens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadens. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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