as in broadened
to increase the width, breadth, or scope of
Immediate action to widen the highway is needed to ease the near constant congestion. The authorities planned to widen their investigation into Ponzi scheme.
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Recent Examples of widened
Camelback Road would also be widened between Citrus Road and Cotton Lane, which would cost nearly $15 million.
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Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
The gap has widened substantially since around 2010, as the figure below shows.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Beyond this, the study only focused on whether gaps in mortality rates between Black and white people widened or narrowed.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Existing academic gaps widened after the pandemic, especially between low- and high-income school districts.
—Mackenzie Price, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
This has not only widened the monetary base but has also spurred consumption and savings, further fueling economic growth.
—Pankaj Vasani, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Oakland took the lead in the third and widened it in the fifth.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
The gap has widened substantially since around 2010, as the figure below shows.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Beyond this, the study only focused on whether gaps in mortality rates between Black and white people widened or narrowed.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Existing academic gaps widened after the pandemic, especially between low- and high-income school districts.
—Mackenzie Price, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
This has not only widened the monetary base but has also spurred consumption and savings, further fueling economic growth.
—Pankaj Vasani, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Oakland took the lead in the third and widened it in the fifth.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widened
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This strategic move brought more than 770 talented employees to our team and broadened our reach to more than 12,500 customers globally.Milan Shetti, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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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
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From a small area of less than one square kilometer in 1986, the vegetation expanded to nearly 12 square kilometers in 2021.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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Having recently expanded into publishing, the Black List will be dropping further diversity lists over the next several months.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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Rescue teams searching for people missing from the storm have intensified their efforts in nearby ravines and the Albufera wetlands as well as at sea using specialist search boats.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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For a concrete example of how AI has intensified the cat-and-mouse game between human and artificial BS, and the capacity of both to outwit and fool each other, consider recruitment.Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Widened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widened. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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