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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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The huge expansion of universities created millions of graduates eager for cultural experience, along with a better life than they, or any previous generation, had experienced before the war.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Podcasts’ video expansion has been welcomed by plenty of longtime listeners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Those risks come as the economy is growing far slower than at the start of the expansion.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Among those, reorganization or expansion is more likely than outright job losses, according to the study from Alex Martin Richmond, labor economist at the AI research and deployment company.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

In the course of that expansion, Austronesians came to occupy all habitable areas of those islands, from the seacoast to the interior, and from the lowlands to the mountains.

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




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