expansive
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Anderson's value in a more expansive role was seen in his assist for Haaland's winner at Leipzig this week, as he drove with the ball before playing a cross, reminiscent of Kevin de Bruyne.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Now, the Massachusetts Democrat is about to take the controls of the powerful Senate Banking Committee, giving her the kind of expansive authority over the financial industry she’s long sought—and Wall Street has feared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Production designer Kristian Milsted also built an expansive outdoor set for Numinor, as well as numerous new interior sets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
AFP was granted rare access for a two-day tour, passing expansive glass-fronted enclosures housing some of the 200 lions, 200 cheetahs and 150 tigers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
As we travel this expansive concrete channel, it feels to me like the world has torn in two, and we’re traveling the seam of that tear.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing expansive
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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This Week in Pop Culture: November 3 - 9, 2018
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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