"So, by co-opting words which have nothing to do with jihadism, they [Isis] broaden themselves and try to claim ideological territory that they wouldn't be able to if they had something specific".
Granted, gambling may not be the most edifying of pastimes; gamblers could assuredly broaden themselves by reading best sellers and watching wrestling instead of whiling away the hours in clockless rooms.
Yet throughout American history, immigrants and minority groups, seeking to make room for themselves, have broadened the definition of America.
For one thing, such terms easily lend themselves to broadened uses which might include media beyond language in the usual sense.
Your report about a multiracial church in Decatur, Ga., projected a message quite familiar to African-Americans: that African-Americans show a deeper willingness to extend themselves than white Americans to broaden ethnic and racial interactions in American society.
Although Fitzgerald Hill said the historically black universities must recapture their communities, Brown said they must broaden and reinvent themselves and establish a new niche "that makes us self-sustaining".
The new relationships had literally broadened the way they looked at themselves.
But as more people began to claim the identity for themselves in the late 90s, its definitions broadened to include a whole breadth of experiences.
The contestants started pushing themselves further, and in doing so they broadened the art of drag.
In "The Wealth of Nations," which appeared in 1776, Adam Smith argued that while professional specialization broadened the economic activity of a society, it narrowed the lives of workers themselves.
The critique was at first directed against the moral inadequacies of individuals, but it soon broadened into the view that the educated man had an obligation to help others improve themselves.
