widen
verb (used with or without object)
has been widening
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present perfect progressiveof widen (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The gap between what investors are willing to pay for those public BDC shares and the value at which those funds have marked the loans has been widening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Development has become more expensive, more complex, and the gap between big releases has been widening.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
However, over the past few months, the pace at which this gap has been widening has intensified.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
Since 2008, the California Department of Transportation has been widening the pass between Paso Robles and Lost Hills from a two-lane highway to a four-lane divided expressway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
The first mention of it in the Eastern States was in the fall of 1896, and since then its range has been widening each year.
From Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history by Hexamer, F. M.
