BROADENING Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

broadening

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present participle of broaden

as in widening

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 broadening The hostilities began as a month-long student movement over school conditions and teacher shortages in working-class suburbs before broadening into a larger protest movement against inequality, public spending cuts and the rising cost of living. — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The spike in core CPI shows price pressures are broadening into other categories beyond energy, experts noted, a sign inflation remains sticky. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Since the first winners were announced in 2019, the initiative has expanded to markets including Japan and Saudi Arabia, with the latter edition subsequently broadening its reach across Africa and the wider Middle East and North Africa region. — Sujata Assomull, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026 However, a wall of wind shear is expected to slightly destabilize the storm just before landfall — slowing its wind speeds to 100 mph and broadening the system, spreading the high winds and heavy rains even further from the core of the storm. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 For Desrieux, the MIFC’s own future lies in becoming more European and international, while broadening the conversation beyond heritage cinema alone. — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 On Microsoft, Ives noted that the company's backlogs and outstanding contractual obligations are growing while also broadening out in terms of its customer base. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 The outreach has become a key part of broadening support and challenging Modi. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Today, IceCube continues to collect neutrino data, broadening our understanding of the cosmos and presenting the tantalizing chance of observing undreamed-of cosmic events. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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Thus, Planet 1 slows down and begins to lag behind Planet 2, widening the gap between them.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The spread is widening between AI leaders OpenAI and Anthropic as a sell-off in CoreWeave leads neocloud stocks lower.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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That law included provisions dramatically expanding the scope of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Altogether, Google is expanding automatic tracking support to cover more than 100 different exercises and sports, up from 10 previously.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026

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