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as in raises
to present or bring forward for discussion
broached the topic of plans for next year's parade
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Recent Examples of broaches
Later in the conversation, when Anderson broaches DiCaprio’s actual age, the actor compares turning 50 to turning 35.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
The issues that Star Trek broaches allegorically and Sex and the City explores through satire were real, and painful enough to keep Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus on the bestseller list.
—Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broaches
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Orchestrator then surfaces its insights to Joule, so the human operator can make decisions on issues in natural language.—
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Populism in all its guises surfaces problems but rarely solves them.—
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That extraordinary footage, along with video shot by bystanders and a 3D model created by CNN of the confrontation, shows Good and her wife challenging ICE officers – but also raises new questions about Ross’s tactics and decision to use deadly force.—
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In a statement, Stanford student and Drop the Charges organizer Mark Allen Cu said the case raises broader questions about free speech and dissent on campus.—
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Prosecutors have described the Survivors’ Act as a narrow tool, relevant only when new evidence emerges, a view sharply at odds with findings from the Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board.—
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Georgina Campbell and Joe Keery star as employees of a self-storage facility on top of a former military base, from whence a killer fungus emerges one night.—
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Klee’s Bavarian Don Giovanni, drawn from the artist’s 1919 composition, introduces an inventive daily color-shifting calendar window, while Pollock’s Alchemy channels the expressive splatter of mid-century abstraction through bold, layered prints.—
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The narrator introduces himself as a mediocre painter who has spent his life painting the same image, a cypress by a stream.—
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First, lead detective John Lamberti discusses securing a confession from her.—
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Continue reading … PUT ON NOTICE – Trump discusses expansion of drug cartel crackdown, issues grim warning to Iran.—
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“Broaches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broaches. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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