Example Sentences

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The Metropolitan Police, which has interviewed four suspects under caution, said it had broadened its inquiry to cover alleged human trafficking.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Tauheedah Graham, a fifth-grade teacher from San Diego Unified School District, said the conference in Long Beach had broadened her perspective as an educator who isn’t Cambodian American.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

Spotify, which is based in Stockholm, bought Gimlet for $230 million in 2019 and The Ringer for about $200 million in 2020, sending a signal that it had broadened its ambitions beyond music streaming.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

The inundated area had broadened due to overnight rain and now included the Cannan-Upper Takaka area and the Richmond ranges.

From Reuters • Aug. 20, 2022

The morning light had broadened, gained greater depth, and lay in a clean sheet across the bay, giving it a silver tincture.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson