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verb

broaden

CEFR B2

make broader

In a sentence

Six example sentences with broaden, each labelled with its topic.

  • Reading translations from outside Europe will broaden a syllabus faster than adding another century of the same tradition.

    Literature

  • The chain tried to broaden its menu and discovered that regulars came for exactly four items, not forty.

    Business

  • A month of buses through the interior broadened her sense of the country far past the coastal postcards.

    Travel

  • Positive moods appear to broaden attention, so people who feel good notice more of the scene around them.

    Psychology

  • Reformers hoped to broaden the tax base so that lower rates could still pay for the same schools and roads.

    Economics

  • The city plans to broaden the avenue by six meters, removing a lane of parking to make room for trees.

    Architecture

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