widen
verb (used with or without object)
will widen
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future tenseof widen.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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That will widen the deficit to 6.6% of GDP in the fiscal year, up from 6.3% last year.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
“We don’t know whether the war will widen or end quickly, and all of those things will drive the price of crude.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
"The gap between AI technology hype and customer experience expectations will widen at CES 2026," predicted Forrester principal analyst Thomas Husson.
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
AI will widen the gap between superstars and everybody else, writes Matthew Call of Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
"Some day that arch will widen its breadth, There'll be room for two, you'll not come in vain, And over the darkness of weeping and death, We'll be always together, and happy again."
From Victor Roy, a Masonic Poem by Wilkins, Harriet Annie
