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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
Fassaert recalls how audience members told him about the way the film broaches his grandmother’s narcissism, a notion perpetuated for many years in his family.
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
Later in the conversation, when Anderson broaches DiCaprio’s actual age, the actor compares turning 50 to turning 35.
—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
Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026
Later in the conversation, when Anderson broaches DiCaprio’s actual age, the actor compares turning 50 to turning 35.
—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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Rather than pulling from a generic product database, Shopping mode surfaces ideas from creators and communities already active on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Such institutional prejudice often surfaces, in ways both brazen and subtle, when Muslims attempt to build new places of worship or renovate existing ones.—
Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Apr. 2026
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The comments around cyber risks come as emergence of Anthropic's Mythos is setting up a scramble from the banking industry to gain access and test the technology, as regulators rush to examine the cybersecurity risks the new AI model raises.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Critics say that practice raises prices for buyers and hurts the state’s homeownership rate.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Michael’s brother Sonny (James Caan) becomes the de facto crime boss as the Corleones prosecute a turf war against their rivals, and Michael eventually emerges as the new, and much more ruthless boss, much to the horror of his wife, Kay (Diane Keaton).—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Apr. 2026
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But among players such as rookies Rodriguez, the second-round pick from Texas Tech, Trey Moore, the fourth-round pick from Texas, and Kyle Louis, the fourth-round pick from Pitt, perhaps someone emerges or perhaps a hybrid role is created.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The show’s first season also introduces the rest of Garrett and Logan’s hockey quartet, John Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) and Dean DiLaurentis (Stephen Kalyn), along with Hannah’s best friend and Dean’s love interest, Allie (Mika Abdalla).—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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The first season also introduces the rest of the quartet of hockey players who will each co-lead a season based on a different book, Cipriano (Logan), Kalyn (Dean) and Jalen Thomas Brooks (Tucker from Book #4, The Goal), along with Abdalla as Hannah’s best friend Allie.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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The book discusses many of the subjects that Kennedy has focused on, including the possibility of preventing chronic diseases by adjusting lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise.—
Brennan Leach,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Below, during a spoiler conversation with THR, Robbins also discusses his rewrites once Theron signed on, as well as the story behind the film’s memorable beef jerky.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Broaches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broaches. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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