expansion
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The chain has one location in Arizona and is eyeing expansion into other states, a spokesperson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Experts say much of the destruction is linked to slash-and-burn land-clearing practices, often associated with the expansion of timber, palm oil and mining operations.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
“Such moratoriums, or similar actions, could delay or prevent the construction or expansion of facilities on which we depend for compute,” the filing said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Understanding how magnetic fields affect these stellar explosions could therefore help astronomers refine their interpretations of supernova brightness and improve their understanding of cosmic expansion.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Over the course of the next four decades, the national debate over slavery and its expansion into the West was often framed as an argument over the intent of the founders.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
In an October 2025 report, the Legislative Analyst’s Office estimated program expansions cost the general fund $10 billion annually, “more than double the initial estimates.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
What fully converted data centers lack, however, is a continuous flow of newly mined bitcoin to fund their expansions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Their goal is to investigate the earliest expansions of modern humans across Europe, including how these populations interacted with carnivores in places where bones and other organic remains are scarce.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
The private sector has added only about 61,000 jobs a month since November 2023, far below the 155,000 average during the 12 economic expansions between the end of World War II and the 2020 pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Long before anyone began manufacturing guns and steel, others of those same factors had led to the expansions of some non-European peoples, as we shall see in later chapters.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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