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expanded

[ik-span-did] / ɪkˈspæn dɪd /






ADJECTIVE
increased
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“An expanded tournament means that more teams that have never been able to take part get to play for the first time,” Daley said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Some schools are retooling their master’s accounting programs to boost demand, particularly with expanded AI training.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt erected millions of square feet of unsightly buildings on the National Mall to house an expanded federal bureaucracy during the world wars.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Joshi has said two new airports will be built -- in the archipelago's capital Sri Vijayapuram and on Great Nicobar -- and older runways expanded to three-kilometre strips, capable of handling heavy-lift cargo aeroplanes.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

As the picketing expanded, however, some suffragists became more outspoken in their disapproval of the campaign.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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