broaden
verb
broad·en
| \ ˈbrȯ-dᵊn
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broadened;
broadening\ ˈbrȯd-niŋ
, ˈbrȯ-dᵊn-iŋ \
, ˈbrȯ-dᵊn-iŋ \
Examples of broaden in a Sentence
They need to broaden their understanding of other cultures.
The police have broadened the scope of the investigation.
Her smile broadened when I told her the good news.
The investigation has broadened to include the mayor's staff.
His interests broadened to include art and music, not just sports.
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Only one in four Jewish voters cast a ballot for Trump in 2016, according to exit polls, and the president has sought to broaden that modest support for his reelection campaign. — Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, "Trump again says Jewish voters who support Democrats are ‘disloyal’," 21 Aug. 2019 Baidu has been trying to broaden its sources of revenue, and its latest earnings report indicates that some of those efforts are showing promise. — Michelle Toh, CNN, "Baidu just gave its suffering shareholders a little bit of hope," 20 Aug. 2019 Unlike recent legal challenges that sought to strike down the tax rule as a government subsidy and endorsement of religion, Douglas mainly wants to broaden the reach of the parsonage exemption beyond ministers, pastors, rabbis and the like. — Russ Wiles, azcentral, "Secular leader in Phoenix area plans to challenge IRS on tax break for clergy, ministers," 7 Aug. 2019 Many corners of the Internet already allow people to broaden their empathy and share collective goodwill. — Jamil Zaki, Scientific American, "The Technology of Kindness," 6 Aug. 2019 Monday’s big fall on Wall Street came after the yuan fell almost two per cent on Monday, and Chinese officials suggested that the decline was a response to President Trump’s decision, last week, to broaden tariffs on Chinese goods. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "Donald Trump’s Trade War with China Is Spiralling out of Control," 6 Aug. 2019 The listing is an early step in gathering information that may help the Department of Homeland Security decide whether to broaden its holding capacity in Maryland. — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, "ICE published an ad looking for interest in building a Baltimore detention facility. Here’s who answered.," 1 Aug. 2019 Hayward emphasizes that the plan to broaden the range of research topics and methodologies featured in the journal doesn’t mean that the team plans to shut out more traditional research. — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, "A top US political science journal ignored race and gender—until 12 women took over," 31 July 2019 Policymakers need to broaden their definition of threats, incorporating climate change into policy decisions. — Tyler Bellstrom, The New Republic, "Brazil Is a Bigger Threat Than Either Iran or China," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'broaden.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for broaden
broaden
verb
English Language Learners Definition of broaden
: to make (something) wider or more general
: to become wider or more general
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broaden
verb
broad·en
| \ ˈbrȯ-dᵊn
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broadened;
broadening
Kids Definition of broaden
: to make or become wide or wider
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