widen a gap
Frequency: 6.56.8 per million words
To make a difference between two things larger.
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- The new tax cuts will widen the wealth gap between the rich and the poor.
- Remote learning risks widening the achievement gap for disadvantaged students.
- Without targeted investment, budget cuts will widen the digital gap in rural areas.
- Automation could further widen the productivity gap between leading and lagging firms.
- Short-term thinking only widens the trust gap with customers.
- Unequal access to internships can widen the skills gap.
- Rising housing costs have widened the affordability gap in major cities.
- If we delay reform, we will only widen the credibility gap between promises and results.
- Their decisive win widened the points gap at the top of the league.
- Poor coordination would widen the communication gap across departments.