expanded
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The growth of private credit reflects a shift away from traditional credit, the analysts write, adding that “the total stock of riskier corporate borrowing has not expanded to levels that would suggest broad-based systemic vulnerability.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Realizing the importance of their findings, the researchers slowed down and expanded their study.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Department of Education’s new policy, announced in August, widely expanded long-standing federal data collection from universities.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
A U.S. reinsurance plan for the Strait of Hormuz expanded with new firms, doubling total coverage for shippers to $40 billion.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The new Soviet leaders quickly expanded their stockpile of nuclear weapons.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
