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“The laws will expand opportunities for place-bound and underserved students throughout California while maintaining a focus on documented regional workforce needs and continued coordination among the CSU, UC and community colleges,” the CSU spokesperson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the presentation, the buyers laid out plans to expand the storied National Basketball Association franchise, including through international growth and new opportunities in local media rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He might expand to other European cities and bring basketball games too.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In particular, Yeti plans to expand its product offerings across categories like bags and soft coolers, which it expects to become its next billion-dollar platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
At the new place, their circle of friends continued to expand.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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A new paper in the Journal of Chemical Education now expands on those findings and examines what they could mean for the way one of chemistry's foundational concepts is taught.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
“We appreciate the Administration’s leadership in advancing America’s nuclear renaissance and share its commitment to an all-of-the-above energy strategy that expands supply, strengthens energy security and keeps America competitive,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
As it rises, it expands and cools, allowing the moisture it carries to condense, forming large clouds.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Retirees can benefit as AI expands into healthcare and other areas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The sea expands before us, bright and rippling and blue.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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The full agreement has not been released, leaving unanswered questions about the size of an expanded U.S. military presence and how much authority Washington would have over foreign investments.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
As I entered my teens, cable television expanded the number of channels at home from four to several dozen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Since it began in February, it has driven up global energy prices, and expanded into neighbouring countries.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Since the Iran war began, Saudi Arabia had dramatically expanded the use of its East-West pipeline to keep its exports going and to supply its own refineries.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The plantings had, by then, expanded from the hothouse to a plot of land by the abbey—a twenty-foot-by-hundred-foot rectangle of loam that bordered the refectory, visible from his room.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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“When readers started finding it online and creating and expanding the universe of it, it gave me permission to go back to it,” Awad reflects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The company has been expanding its portfolio to supply key data-center infrastructure for the AI rollout, while continuing to serve its traditional telecom equipment market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Thus, Mercury’s strategy is less about expanding selection and more about making a concentrated set of common products immediately accessible,” the analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Years later, in June 2025, Dunham told the Times that she and Felber were "in the process of expanding our family in new ways", but refused to be drawn on how.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The lot is nearly empty, the outer perimeter defined by people and animals, all running as far and as fast as they can, expanding and dispersing like a ring on the surface of a pond.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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