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Gross domestic product expanded 0.2% in the three months through December, bouncing back from the 0.5% contraction in the third quarter of the year, Switzerland’s statistics office said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Using newly released data from major dark energy observatories, he concludes that the cosmos will continue expanding for roughly another 11 billion years before reaching its largest size.

From Science Daily

The scheme has gradually been expanded to more parents and younger children.

From BBC

While Afghanistan has significantly expanded its pharmaceutical sector, domestic output still only meets a small fraction of the overall demand.

From Barron's

When that freezes, it expands and makes the cracks bigger.

From BBC