expansionism
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Many Mexicans tend to sympathize with Cuba because of historic concerns about U.S. expansionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The view from Eastern Europe, on Nato's front line, gives a much sharper perspective on issues around Russian expansionism, Catlyn says.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
Later it became standard fare she studied in high school: the engineering feat connecting two oceans, a formative adventure in American expansionism, an early notch on Teddy Roosevelt’s belt.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
One of the many warring states in this period, the state of Qin, capitalized on these economic and social changes by adopting Legalist reforms to justify an agenda of power and expansionism.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
He believed it to be slanted toward American sensibilities, downplaying both anti-Semitism and German expansionism.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
Vocabulary lists containing expansionism
STAAR U.S. History 2
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Chapter 23: Rise to World Power
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