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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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She cites rapid expansion of customers such as TikTok driving stronger-than-expected performance in J&T’s new markets, which includes Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Egypt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Those include questions about the direction of the business, rollover, retention and expansion plans.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Satellite images show rapid expansion of exposed lakebed as the water has receded.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But data centre expansion there is constrained by limited space and relatively expensive electricity.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The population movement that brought Achmad’s and Sauakari’s ancestors to Java and New Guinea, respectively, termed the Austronesian expansion, was among the biggest population movements of the last 6,000 years.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond