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• n  an increase in width
• n  a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
• n  the act of making something wider
• v  become broader or wider or more extensive
• v  make (clothes) larger
• v  make wider
• v  extend in scope or range or area

• Upon the unfolding panorama of World War II last week appeared new trouble spots, new stirrings of warlike activity which seemed to foretell a vast widening of the conflict as .
• The widening war involved more than a little irony.
• The search for Martin Luther King's killer spread in ever-widening circles.

• broadening
• turnout
• widen
• let out
• broaden
• extend

• narrowing
• narrow
• take_in

News & Articles

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• Congestion expected on Highway 74 as crews begin widening Independence Boulevard
  Expect some congestion on Highway 74 during the next couple of weeks. On Sunday night, crews take the next steps in the widening of Independence Boulevard.
  June 16, 2013 - News 14 Carolina
• Funding could allow for I-83 widening, other projects
  York, PA - Numerous road and bridge projects, including the widening of Interstate 83 from four to six lanes in the York area, could be coming, depending on how much money legislators approve for transportation funding.
  June 15, 2013 - York Daily Record
• 10 Freeway widening project through Redlands, Yucaipa completed
  The fourth and final phase of the 10 Freeway widening project is complete. And on Friday morning the additional westbound lane was donated to taxpayers by their elected officials.
  June 14, 2013 - Redlands Daily Facts

Quotes

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• Rebecca MacKinnon in International Herald Tribune
  Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda,said Rebecca MacKinnon, a journalism professor at the University of Hong Kong and an expert on Internet issues in China. "There is a widening gap...
• Geoff Dixon in Sydney Morning Herald
  Mr Dixon said the airline's fuel hedging policy, fuel surcharges, recruitment freeze and recent fare increases were not enough to ward off the "widening gap between the actual increase in the cost of fuel and the amount we offset".
• Charles Schumer in Boston Herald
  Unless the administration reins in soaring budget and widening trade deficits, its lasting legacy will be selling the future of our economy to our trading partners around the world,said Sen. Charles Schumer, DN.Y.