Synonyms for broadening
broad·en·ing

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1. widening, broadeningnoun

   the act of making something wider

   Synonyms:
   widening, turnout

2. broadeningnoun

   the action of making broader

   "the broadening of travel"

   Synonyms:
   widening

3. widening, broadeningnoun

   an increase in width

   Synonyms:
   widening, turnout

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Shape
   • Development
   • Increase

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1. List of paraphrases for "broadening":

   enlargement, expand, expanding, expansion, widening, broaden, extending, enlarging, expanded, extension, extend, widen

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How to use broadening in a sentence?

1. Esa Davis:

   Since the process of screening and the clinical management is similar for all the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, we’re broadening looking at screening for all of the hypertensive disorders, so gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia.

2. Lanhee Chen:

   I would hope he would choose the pathway of broadening his appeal to voters who might want to consider voting for him in the next couple of years.

3. Todd Connor:

   I believe in broadening the GI Bill to ultimately let the veteran decide what’s good for them -- not higher ed, not the federal government.

4. Tom Tang:

   Singapore is really the central hub for all of Asia, this is somewhere where we needed to find an iconic building as a way of broadening our group name ... as well as developing our business.

5. Colin Barnett:

   It's been talked about for a long time, but I think now I'm putting more of my time into broadening and diversifying the economy, we'll still be dependent on resources for the next 50 years but we'll broaden it out.