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[ik-spand] / ɪkˈspænd /




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By his midteens, he had flashed enough potential for Mercedes to expand his education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Another important advantage is its ability to expand its measurement capabilities without major hardware changes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The two sides issued a joint statement after the talks pledging to expand trade in energy supply, defence production, aerospace, and AI, and to boost cooperation in the energy sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Rates of Medicaid and Medicare fraud exploded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many rules were loosened and oversight strained by efforts to expand care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Aristotelian philosophers looked backwards, assuming Aristotle had known everything that needed to be known; the new scientists looked forward, aiming to expand the limited range of topics in which they could make satisfactory predictions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

This arrangement greatly expands the brain's surface area, creating room for billions of neurons that support complex thinking and other advanced mental abilities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The acquisition expands CBRE’s business of delivering the guts of data centers, reflecting real estate’s growing reliance on the tech cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Viatris has agreed to buy pain-drug maker Pacira BioSciences for $1.65 billion in a deal that expands the healthcare company’s medicines portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Bernstein downgraded AT&T and cut price targets across telecom and cable stocks as SpaceX expands its wireless ambitions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

As the balloon expands, the distance between any two spots increases, but there is no spot that can be said to be the center of the expansion.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Merchants Parcel expanded to California in 1919 when Casey and his partners acquired an Oakland company that enjoyed operating privileges from the preregulation days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

Astrophysicist Professor Tamara Davis said the expanded dataset represents an important advance in efforts to understand the nature of dark energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

What began as student protests over conditions at a high school north of Paris has expanded into a broader protest movement, with large demonstrations across France.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

She expanded her stomach like a balloon on the inhale and imagined stress leaving from the crown of her head on the exhale.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

The U.K. economy defied expectations of a slowdown in activity following the outbreak of war in the Middle East, expanding by 1.2% in the first half of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Because methods for expanding and reinfusing gamma delta T cells have already been developed, the researchers believe their findings could help accelerate the development of new treatments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Other specialty markets, including the Asian grocery chains 99 Ranch Market and T&T Supermarket, are also expanding in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are expanding routes and storage outside the Gulf region, while record crude production in the U.S.,

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

The rainy season was setting in properly now, and I was impatient to see if the creek was expanding.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo


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