broaden
verb (used with or without object)
to become or make broad.
are broadening
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present progressiveof broaden.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Last week’s improving earnings-estimates momentum among banks showed that rising earnings expectations are broadening out beyond technology and consumer companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
In the interim, there’s evidence that the effects of higher fuel costs are broadening beyond energy costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
New York venture firms are broadening their geographic reach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
What that means, she explains, is that Hallmark productions are broadening beyond the heteronormative girl-meets-boy-at-the-tree farm stories.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2023
This very general conception of scholarship is fairly constant, but the fields which the conception includes are broadening day by day and almost hour by hour.
From Some War-time Lessons The Soldier's Standards of Conduct; The War As a Practical Test of American Scholarship; What Have We Learned? by Frederick P. (Frederick Paul) Keppel
