expansion
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All of it points to a classic problem that has popped up in technology booms throughout history, from the 19th-century railroad expansion to the telecom and internet explosion of the early 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Observations of the local Universe consistently point to a faster expansion rate of about 73 kilometers per second per megaparsec.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
The shift to AI data centers is driving an expansion of the total addressable market for optical components “well beyond Coherent’s incumbency in the traditional pluggable transceiver market,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
Social media posts are easy to share, serving as a viral expansion of the network’s audience.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Hence some stabilizing device must have been essential not only for the Austronesian expansion through Indonesia but even for the initial colonization of Taiwan.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing expansion
The American Civil War
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NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet
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Economics
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