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• v  make (more) diverse
• v  spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
  The plants on this island diversified
• v  vary in order to spread risk or to expand
  The company diversified
• a  having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety
  a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern
  diversified farming
  diversified manufacturing
  diversified scenery
  diversified investments

• The Big Mac customer base has remained relatively stable, while Starbucks' coffee-drinkers have diversified.
• Barnes ran a highly diversified operation.
• There were the usual warnings prior to investing we all knew it was a risk, we were told to make sure we were diversified, blah-blah but, my God, it had been going strong .

• diversify
• radiate
• branch out
• broaden

• specialise
• undiversified

News & Articles

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• The Billionaire Who Wants Club Med: Guo Guangchang
  June 17 (Bloomberg) -- Guo Guangchang is one diversified billionaire. As the chairman and largest shareholder of Fosun Holdings -- he's got pharmaceuticals, real estate, steel-making, retail stores, iron ore and gold mining, financial services... And if all goes according to plan, add ...
  June 17, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Sabal Financial Group Expands Home Builder Lending, Opens Orlando Office
  Sabal Financial Group, L.P., a diversified financial services firm specializing in real estate, lending and banking, has announced the opening of an Orlando, Florida office in support of the East Coast ...
  June 17, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund Report Of Earnings
  BOSTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (NYSE: ETJ), a diversified closed-end management investment company, today announced the earnings of the Fund ...
  June 14, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in ABC News
  As it puts together a package, Bernanke added, "Congress might want to consider a diversified mix of elements."
• Drew Gilpin Faust in domain-B
  Given the breadth and the depth of the present downturn, even well diversified portfolios are experiencing major losses,Faust said in the mail. "While we can hope that markets will improve, we need to be prepared to absorb unprecedented...
• Patricia Woertz in San Francisco Chronicle
  ADM's record earnings for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2008 demonstrate the value created by and the strengths of our broadly diversified asset base and product portfolio,Chief Executive Officer Patricia Woertz said in a statement.