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For free societies to flourish, the boundaries of free speech should always be
widened
rather than narrowed.
An old quarry was being
widened
and leveled, and the boys followed the bulldozers as they scraped away a stratum of earth to reveal fragile, fossil-bearing shale underneath.
Everything since – enlargement to 27 member states and the creation of the 16-member eurozone – has
widened
the gap between rhetoric and reality.
In other words, while some people are making the most of the new opportunities, the gap between them and those left behind has
widened.
Thus, the gap
widened
between the rich and the poor in most of the world.
Once opportunities for expansion are identified, other issues will need to be addressed before women’s health and financial inclusion programs can be
widened.
Today, those cracks have been exposed – and
widened
– by the seemingly never-ending Greek crisis.
The Group’s mandate should be widened, and resources should be provided to allow it to tackle terrorism explicitly.
There is less ammunition left in the fiscal arsenal, current-account deficits have widened, reserves have declined, and debt levels have risen significantly in some countries.
While ensuring that their Alawite allies filled key positions in the military and intelligence services helped the Assads to retain their grip on the country, it was a strategy that
widened
and reinforced the Sunni-Shia rift among the population.
Like a hole in a dam, once pent-up pressure began to escape, it
widened
the opening and tore apart the system.
Already, the interest-rate differential between “risk-free” bonds on both sides of the Atlantic – say, US Treasuries and German Bunds – has
widened
notably.
The system that underpins them has
widened
the gap between the two.
With each turn, the party
widened
its appeal.
The theory of comparative advantage greatly
widened
the potential scope of beneficial trade.
But, since the Asian financial crisis in 1997, income gaps have
widened
throughout the region, and in Indonesia in particular, where social welfare programs have barely stemmed the rise in inequality.
In 2010, ARF ministers
widened
the Outlook’s scope with the Simplified Standardized Format, which includes publication of national defense doctrines, defense expenditure, and the total number of personnel in a country’s armed forces.
But on the deeper and more fundamental level of emotions and values, is it possible that the gap between the two sides of the Atlantic has
widened?
Spreads between the interest rate at which America's government could borrow and the interest rates at which America's corporations could borrow
widened.
In Belarus and Kazakhstan combined, Russia has gained 25 million potential new consumers;Belarus and Kazakhstan, for their part, have
widened
their access to the 140 million-strong Russian market.
Yet, as inequality has
widened
and concerns about it have grown, the competitive school, viewing individual returns in terms of marginal product, has become increasingly unable to explain how the economy works.
The Exploitation Time BombNEW DELHI – Since reducing inequality became an official goal of the international community, income disparities have
widened.
Because the vast majority have been unable to make the transition to online education, school closures have
widened
the pre-existing gap between how much rich children and poor children learn.
Inequality
widened
amid equally tepid productivity performance, while social safety nets were left in tatters.
Meanwhile, the European north-south divide has also
widened
as a result of the economic crisis.
Unsurprisingly, therefore, the economic disparity between Africa and richer countries has
widened
in recent decades, with the ratio of African incomes to those in advanced economies falling from 12% in the early 1980s to 8% today.
The more meaningful measure – the overall US trade deficit –
widened
last year, the predictable result of Trump’s budget-busting fiscal policy.
More fundamentally, although Internet usage in Africa is growing at the world’s fastest rate, the digital gender gap has
widened
since 2013.
While humanity has grown more prosperous than ever, the gap between rich and poor has
widened
to potentially destabilizing levels.
There is only one way to repair America’s reputation, regain the trust of allies, and ensure that the US can act as an effective counterweight to China: address the root causes of the cracks that Trump’s disastrous presidency has exposed and
widened.
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