expansion
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He expects elevated petrochemical prices to persist through 2026, although aggressive capacity expansion in China could return the market to surplus by end-2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Yee said market research suggests the new museum will reach as many as 150,000 people, and there is still room for expansion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
It said it had a "robust expansion plan" for 2026, and saw the opportunity to open hundreds more franchise stores in the coming years.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
But job growth -- often used as a proxy for economic activity -- has see-sawed wildly between expansion and contraction from month to month.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
American Correctional Association President Gwendolyn Chunn put the matter more bluntly that same year when lamenting that the unprecedented prison expansion boom of the 1990s seemed to be leveling off.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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