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• three feet broad
• the broad expanse of ocean
• Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
• Julia Farrington, head of arts at Index on Censorship, argues that extra powers to ban violent videos online will "end up too broad and open to misapplication, which would damage freedom of expression".
• Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
• broad and open day
• in a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way
• The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
• as broad and general as the casing air
• a broad hint
• a broad mixture of falsehood
• a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour
• Who was that broad I saw you with?