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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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A proposed dramatic expansion of prison places kicks off Badenoch's second big party get-together.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Chinese automakers are dealing with weakening demand and oversupply issues after years of rapid expansion and intense competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The report also noted that the company’s planned expansion of a Philippines plant would mark its first meaningful investment in hard disk drives in half a decade.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Analyst Suraj Nebhani says the deal represents an attractive strategic expansion, citing an FY28 enterprise value-to-Ebitda multiple of 18.5x.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the federal system, for example, homicide convictions account for 0.4 percent of the past decade’s growth in the federal prison population, while drug convictions account for nearly 61 percent of that expansion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

After a decade of acquisitions and expansions by Spencer, Sharma is cutting output and focusing on key franchises she thinks have room to grow, like “Elder Scrolls” and “Halo.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Ahead of Tesla’s event, rivals announced their own expansions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Looking forward, Qi said, "We are going to explore more satellite data and look for better understanding of the expansions."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

This last rule is perhaps the most important; it would prevent the court from providing under-the-radar expansions of the law as it tried to do in the aftermath of Callais.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026

Southwest, the Americas lack examples of large-scale language expansions widely accepted by linguists.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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