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How to use the word widening in a Sentence?

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While we did not discount the possibility of a widening of the band to secure a smooth leadership transition, Kuroda appears to have avoided a sharp rise in JGB yields before the end of the fiscal year, the decision to uphold policy rates comes at a cost. The BOJ will be forced to continue its massive JGB purchases to stem speculation of additional YCC tweaks, which will worsen market liquidity.

Norihiro Yamaguchi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Hairline cracks in the field started appearing about a year back. They’ve been widening over time, especially in the last two months. They’re now about 3-feet wide.

Courtesy Suraj Kaparuwan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

On the buyer front, more people are turning to secondhand as a way to save money when prices are high. And more people are selling their used goods to make a bit of extra money, so inflation is widening the number of people involved in the resale market and expanding the number of items available.

Neil Saunders

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I really worry that prolonged closures are going to have a huge detriment, …Kids that are most likely affected first are kids that attend more large, urban school districts, as an example, which are also often families that come from a lower socioeconomic status and may have had some challenges with remote learning, and so we're just widening the gap.

Sara Bode

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have had this widening wealth gap in the country, we've seen the income inequality increasing, and as someone suggested today, the fact of the pandemic really exposed how hungry people are in this country, so let's make sure that while people are still aware of this, while they're still giving to their food pantries, they realize that this is a continuing issue and we need to address it upfront.

Mary Gay Scanlon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The widening of The Suez Canal will make it easier for salvage operations... even if it does not erase the risk of repeating the incident.

Ioannis Theotokas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The widening of The Suez Canal is a smart move, the question that I have is if you widen The Suez Canal, then will vessel operators make their vessels bigger ?

Sal Mercogliano

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The widening in the goods deficit suggests that trade will be a drag on first-quarter GDP, this won’t be a big issue, as other parts of the economy are still doing well, such as business investment in equipment and consumer spending.

Ryan Sweet

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

One factor that has certainly enhanced the widening of breakevens has been the relative illiquidity of TIPs.

Michael Lorizio

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Really what we saw here was a story of widening inequality.

Daniel Schneider

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The findings are consistent with what we are seeing in the economic fallout overall, we will see a widening in existing housing disparities by race and by income.

Alanna McCargo

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There's a lot of things, policies that I disagree with, but at the end of the day, it has more to do with the divisive rhetoric and the enabling of conspiracy theories and widening the divide in this country, at the end of the day, as much as I wanted to be there with my teammates and share that experience with my teammates, I can't do it. I just can't do it.

Sean Doolittle

Found on CNN
4 years ago

U.S./China trade newsflow seemed to take a backward step ahead of important talks this week and UK/EU Brexit talks not only unraveled but the relationship between the two sides seems to be in danger of breaking down completely, so the obvious cracks that have been appearing over more than four decades of globalization are in danger of widening significantly in the days and weeks ahead.

Jim Reid

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

As the Fed begins its easing campaign to try to extend an already long-in-the-tooth expansion, credit spreads are already tight across the fixed-income spectrum, credit spreads could get tighter in this liquidity-driven rally, but history has shown that the potential for widening from here is much greater.

Scott Minerd

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Chinese buyers will (now) be looking to purchase Brent and Dubai-based crude oil and I would expect that to result in a widening of the Brent-to-WTI spread, in essence what you've done is created new demand for Brent-based crude oil at the expense of U.S.-origin crude.

Andy Lipow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

That was historically a very good job that gave people a pathway to middle class opportunities, it's those kinds of jobs that have been outsourced that I find disturbing and help explain widening inequality.

David Weil

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Losses are widening and the competition is cut-throat.

Haris Anwar

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The problem is the widening of the dispute. Europe, the U.S. and China account for almost two thirds of global GDP, an ongoing disruption to trade between these three major economies, prosecuted for domestic political purposes, could sink global growth.

Michael McCarthy

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It comes down largely to fiscal breakeven oil prices - the Saudis have a breakeven price of around $85 per barrel, and so they will be concerned about potentially a widening gap between this level and where the market trades.

Warren Patterson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

For me its about whos in Gods love, and nobodys left out of that, the Gospel I understand said Jesus is always widening the circle, expanding the circle, so that everyones included.

Lois McCullen Parr

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It was surprising to see that the disparities by socioeconomic status are actually widening, wealth causes differences in exposure to risk factors and also access to high-quality cancer prevention, early detection and treatment.

Rebecca Siegel

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The richer in detail we get, the more I begin to believe that we're probably going to be seeing a widening circle( of indictments) here.

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is two-way traffic, ...Opening up has been a key driver of China's reform agenda so we will continue to open wider to the world, including widening market access for foreign investors.

Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Opening up has been a key driver of China's reform agenda so we will continue to open wider to the world, including widening market access for foreign investors.

Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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