How to Use broad in a Sentence

broad

adjective
  • The store has a broad selection of coats.
  • There was broad agreement on the new government.
  • There are three broad categories of industry in the region: computers, finance, and education.
  • One of the challenges is just how broad that list gets.
    Rob Reddick, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
  • His branch of the church is under broad pressure in Ukraine.
    Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • And by some strange twist of fate, so much of that game rests on the broad shoulders of Kuminga.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Which means that this very broad design survey has gaps for lack of space.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The bigger picture here of those efforts to try to bring a broader peace in the region.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • One of the moose soon gains the upper hand and charges into the broad side of the other moose, forcing it to stumble backwards down a steep slope.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Some said the wording was vague and could have broad implications.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In this respect, the style and pitch of its commentary have evolved with our broader culture.
    Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Those are some of the broader philosophical questions that the book starts to explore.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, Chiles often savors it as one part of a broader spread.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There is dense, broad damage in north Gaza, where fighting and bombing has been intense during the early part of the war.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The script is as subtle as a bonk on the nose, and the editing repeats every beat twice-over in broad pantomime and meaningful looks.
    Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The move to open up the grounds appears to be part of a broader drive by the King to make royal residences more accessible.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Their Grammy performance is the first time the broader public has had a chance to see inside the super high-tech venue.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The streamlined silhouette also points to a broader trend.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, there are ways for employers to skirt the laws by posting overly broad salary ranges, for example.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • As the paper notes, the study followed a broader survey of syphilis in the still deeply segregated region.
    Caitjan Gainty, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Mullaney said the judge ruled against the group because the lawsuit did not challenge fees on a specific project, but the broader program.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The land slopes down from that house with a series of broad grassy terraces embellished by long stretches of stone and brick balustrade atop stone ramparts.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The Houthi attacks against the United States then largely subsided, although the broader cease-fire did not hold.
    Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In his opinion Tuesday, Roberts wrote that several of the court’s precedents were at odds with a broad version of the theory.
    Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
  • For all the debate over broad demographic trends and shifts in the electorate, sometimes a swing voter is just a swing voter.
    Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • As his campaign unfolds, the potential witness pool in his latest case is very broad.
    Colleen Long, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, the Rose Parade is also well known for its broad assortment of marching bands drawn from a worldwide flood of applicants.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • There is a broad range of views in the Jewish community as to whether and when critique of Israel veers into antisemitism.
    Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Frank finally ended up at Netflix, which offered him the broader canvas of six episodes.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • With a broad, frameless lens, these goggles gives you enough peripheral vision to hit the slopes with confidence.
    Douglas Schnitzspahn, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2023

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