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  1. widening, broadeningnoun

    an increase in width

    Antonyms:
    narrowing

    Synonyms:
    broadening, turnout

  2. turnout, wideningnoun

    a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park

    Antonyms:
    narrowing

    Synonyms:
    output, outturn, broadening, sidetrack, rig, turnout, getup, siding, outfit, railroad siding

  3. widening, broadeningnoun

    the act of making something wider

    Antonyms:
    narrowing

    Synonyms:
    broadening, turnout

How to use widening in a sentence?

  1. W. B. Yeats, the second coming:

    Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...

  2. Ioannis Theotokas:

    The widening of The Suez Canal will make it easier for salvage operations... even if it does not erase the risk of repeating the incident.

  3. Sean Doolittle:

    There's a lot of things, policies that I disagree with, but at the end of the day, it has more to do with the divisive rhetoric and the enabling of conspiracy theories and widening the divide in this country, at the end of the day, as much as I wanted to be there with my teammates and share that experience with my teammates, I can't do it. I just can't do it.

  4. Michael Lorizio:

    One factor that has certainly enhanced the widening of breakevens has been the relative illiquidity of TIPs.

  5. Former CIA Director Michael Hayden:

    The richer in detail we get, the more I begin to believe that we're probably going to be seeing a widening circle( of indictments) here.

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