| widening gap | 7.77 | The reasons for this widening gap vary. | ||
| widening trade | 3.82 | Aircraft sales would help narrow the widening bilateral trade imbalance. | ||
| widening scandal | 3.69 | He is the first person charged in the widening scandal. | ||
| widening investigation | 2.11 | Reports said police were widening investigations and more arrests were expected. | ||
| widening deficit | 1.78 | Any sign of a widening deficit could hurt the dollar. | ||
| widening gulf | 1.45 | Hyde acknowledged the widening gulf between the two sides. | ||
| widening rift | 1.12 | The case is an indication of the widening rift between the two nations. | ||
| widening income | 1.05 | Widening income gaps between poor and rich. | ||
| widening payoff | 1.05 | A widening payoff scandal also continued to discourage many investors. | ||
| widening bribery | 0.99 | Pirjo Haggman, a Finnish IOC member implicated in the widening bribery scandal, has resigned. | ||
| widening budget | 0.86 | The Gulf producers have been grappling with widening budget deficits and problems paying foreign debts. | ||
| widening circle | 0.86 | In the increasingly widening circles of traditional Irish dance, that is a very big deal. | ||
| widening crackdown | 0.79 | Xinhua said the retail market would remain closely watched under the widening crackdown. | ||
| widening probe | 0.79 | It is part of a widening probe into ties between political leaders and underworld figures. | ||
| widening conflict | 0.72 | It was the first incident to raise the spectre of a widening conflict. | ||
| widening disparity | 0.72 | Williams also wonders whether racial factors are at work in the widening disparities. | ||
| widening access | 0.66 | Mandela praised Shilowa for widening access to treatment at public hospitals. | ||
| widening spread | 0.53 | One sign of that is a widening spread between note and bond yields. | ||
| widening war | 0.53 | Concern about the widening war in Bosnia also darkened the mood of the summit. | ||
| widening loss | 0.46 | The Internet Group faced widening losses. |