broaches

verb

present tense third-person singular of broach
1
as in surfaces
to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight

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2
as in raises
to present or bring forward for discussion broached the topic of plans for next year's parade

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Recent Examples of broaches When Kamyar, her co-department-head and dear friend, broaches his upcoming parental leave, Gabrielle’s response is one part scoffing to ten parts guilt-tripping. — Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 Fassaert recalls how audience members told him about the way the film broaches his grandmother’s narcissism, a notion perpetuated for many years in his family. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026 Later in the conversation, when Anderson broaches DiCaprio’s actual age, the actor compares turning 50 to turning 35. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025 The issues that Star Trek broaches allegorically and Sex and the City explores through satire were real, and painful enough to keep Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus on the bestseller list. — Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broaches
  1. surfaces
  2. raises
  3. emerges
  4. introduces
  5. discusses
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  • BioShocking nonetheless surfaces yet another way to defeat guardrails designed to keep LLMs from going off the rails.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • Long-term agent memory retains malicious instructions and surfaces them on every run.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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  • At present, the union is pushing for 11% raises each year for three years — a proposal that the CSU has not yet responded to.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • This close work between the private entity – usually Google – and law enforcement throughout the geofence warrant process raises significant privacy and civil liberties concerns.
    — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Definition of raises
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  • As Gen Z, the cohort born between 1997 and 2012, emerges as a major spender on group travel and experiences, more young people are fronting costs for friends.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • The National Rally party emerges as the largest single force in Parliament's powerful National Assembly, but falls short of an outright majority.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Definition of emerges
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  • Artificial intelligence now introduces a different challenge by demonstrating that many traditional legal tasks can be performed faster and more efficiently by machines.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • For coffee drinkers, the program introduces 52 distinct flavor releases over the course of the year.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of introduces
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  • This article discusses how Parent PLUS loans can become a retirement debt trap, how families should evaluate borrowing and what older borrowers can do before repayment problems become harder to fix.
    — True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Emma D'Arcy discusses Rhaenyra's bold move on House of the Dragon season 3's second episode.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
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