expansion
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Only 11% of its stores are based in the Middle East, China, and India, and the regions only make up a quarter of the company’s future expansion plans.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Both women welcomed the expansion of the police inquiry, but expressed frustration it had not happened earlier, saying the investigation was "painfully slow".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The Port of Corpus Christi, the main oil-export hub in the country, finished a $625 million expansion last year to deepen and widen its ship channel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The California Science Center announced Monday that construction has been completed on its new Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, bringing the highly anticipated expansion one step closer to its public debut.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
If the red shift is due to the expansion of the universe, very different red shifts imply very different distances.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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