broadened

verb

past tense of broaden
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 It was broadened in most areas to 60 feet wide and renamed the Pennsylvania Road. — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026 But even as his social circle broadened, there was perhaps no one more influential on Greenspan than Ayn Rand. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Phipps said the instruction broadened participants' understanding of potential threats and response options. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 23 June 2026 The case prompted the Prince Act, a Wisconsin law that broadened the state's missing-child alert system to include cases that do not meet the criteria for an Amber Alert, WISN reported. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026 Later in the decade, Israel broadened its objectives to include pressuring the Assad regime in Syria and undercutting the long-standing Iranian-Syrian relationship. — Amy McAuliffe, The Conversation, 26 June 2026 As Duolingo's audience and visibility have grown, Orssaud has also broadened the company's marketing mix beyond social media, expanding creator partnerships and integrating the brand more directly into the product experience. — Slma Shelbayah, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Bank of America wrote in a note late Friday that India's reform momentum has broadened over the past two years, with the government introducing 18 measures across tax, labor, energy security, manufacturing, banking and foreign capital access. — Lee Ying Shan,fred Imbert, CNBC, 5 July 2026 Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association members have broadened to include NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School, Youth and Travel. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadened
  1. widened
  2. expanded
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  • Since then, the commission has widened its crackdown on digital giants with more antitrust investigations targeting Amazon, Apple and Facebook and sweeping new rules aimed at clamping down on the biggest digital companies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • These formats have also widened the range of stories being told, giving a new generation of history fans the opportunity to discover and share stories about people and events long left out of traditional narratives.
    — Paul Buccieri, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
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  • Since his appointment to COO in 2018, the firm’s assets under management have roughly doubled, while its client base has expanded across new geographies.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • Companies that made the largest AI investment expanded entry-level job hiring by 12%.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
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