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Discover LudwigThe phrase "widen into" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a gradual expansion or increase in size, scope, or intensity, often in a metaphorical sense. Example: "As the discussion progressed, the topic began to widen into various related issues that needed addressing."
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A muddy rift will widen into a shaft, a crawl space into a vaulting nave.
There are fears inside Myanmar that the clashes could widen into a broader religious conflict.
In a couple of decades, that gap will widen into a chasm.
And as the cracks in his perfect image widen into crevices, we empathize with her reluctance to admit disenchantment.
In retrospect, it was a crack in the city that would widen into the anarchy of the blackout in 1977, with its rampant looting and arson.
If it is not contained, the violence could widen into the kind of broader conflict that the government has been trying for weeks to avoid.
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The fighting also appears to be widening into nearby neighbourhoods.
He thinks of brooks becoming streams, streams widening into rivers, flowing into the sea.
It then widens into the ʿAkkār Plain, which continues south across the Lebanon border.
But over the last 15 years the cracks have widened into gaping crevices.
I stretched and my body widened into the cool margins of the bed.
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