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expanded

[ik-span-did] / ɪkˈspæn dɪd /






ADJECTIVE
increased
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Fogo de Chão, the Brazilian steakhouse, is another restaurant that has expanded rapidly across the country, almost doubling its footprint from 60-some locations to nearly 115 in the past four years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

By 2025, the company had expanded the program to more than forty optional lessons, including short videos and personalized recommendations.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

But this market has rapidly expanded with newly wealthy Indian families increasingly aspiring to give their children more global exposure.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Starting in 1990 as a transport company, Ravatomanga's Sodiat Group expanded into a sprawling conglomerate spanning automotive distribution, aviation, private security, media, construction, healthcare, real estate, hospitality, tourism and Madagascar's lucrative vanilla trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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