expansion

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In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan and John Paul II developed a coordinated strategy focused on fighting Soviet expansion, undermining communism in Eastern Europe, supporting the Solidarity movement in Poland and promoting human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 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

The spike in demand for lithium-ion batteries for EVs and the rapid expansion of grid-scale storage has spurred Albemarle to project that lithium demand will grow 15% to 40% this year.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Additional techniques provided deeper insights, including flow cytometry, ex vivo expansion, RNA-seq, assay for transposase-accessible chromatin-seq, high-resolution imaging, metabolic testing, and detailed studies of mitochondria.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

Eventually, that expansion will cease, and gravity will cause the universe to contract.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson