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Another word for widen

Verb

  1. To make or become broad or broader

    2. See also:

    wide

  2. To make or become more comprehensive or inclusive

    3. See also:

    increase

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Sentence Examples

  • Then with great labor he began to widen the passageway.

  • He did much to widen the national church.

  • "Widen your stance," he instructed, and nudged her left leg out farther with his own.

  • strict application to technical "clerks," and to widen it out so as to embrace all varieties of ordained Christian ministers.

  • strict application to technical "clerks," and to widen it out so as to embrace all varieties of ordained Christian ministers.

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