expansion

Example Sentences

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There has never been an immortal economic expansion.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Despite the pullback, the index stretched its run above the 50 mark separating expansion from contraction to more than three years, as firms reported increases in both activity and new business.

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

An explosion, an expansion of stars and galaxies and planets and suns, our little planet with all our little lives, and then everything turning to dust, until nothing in this universe exists anymore at all.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender