BROADENS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

broadens

verb

present tense third-person singular of broaden

as in widens

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 broadens Hale added that pairing AI criticism with religious language broadens its reach beyond activists already skeptical of the technology. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Commercial launch services are already standard for most NASA and DOD missions, but the memorandum broadens that approach to transportation after reaching orbit, including spacecraft servicing and logistics. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Still further downstream the channel broadens out, and the slackening current has deposited débris and deadheads galore. — Harry H. Edel, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026 This broadens the college sports debate to include federal legislation, voting rights, and civil rights, with significant political ramifications. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Sonali Basak, chief investment strategist at iCapital, still thinks there's fuel left in the stock market, however, especially as the rally broadens beyond Big Tech. — Lee Ying Shan,fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 This second season is briskly paced and captivatingly animated, and more time spent with characters like Jubilee, Nightcrawler, and Polaris broadens the series’ ensemble (and allows for flashier fight sequences, thanks to their power sets). — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 Children of foreign diplomats are already excluded from birthright citizenship, and the new order broadens the covered categories. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 But the longer these price pressures persist, the greater the risk that inflation broadens well beyond the energy market and sticks around for longer. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

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This uncontrolled melting widens the cavern and dangerously thins the structural salt pillars separating adjacent domes.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
The use of noble language to describe a process that weakens constitutional guardrails only widens the disconnect between words and actions.

— Yuripzy Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

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The event comes as China expands its robotics industry and competes to establish leadership in humanoid and autonomous machines, with more than 2,000 robots from 16 countries also taking part in the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
Now about 5½ months old, Crimson is thriving on three legs, quickly returning to playful, curious cub behavior as the Oakland Zoo expands its track record of rescuing orphaned mountain lions.

— Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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