expansion
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An 89-72 win over the expansion Portland Fire on Sunday to close a 1-2 homestand felt more necessary than the Sparks might have wanted to admit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The May ISM Manufacturing data showed the sector moving further into expansion, with new orders, production, and backlogs all improving.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Progress on the second-stage expansion appears limited, with only the foundations for the second processing plant visible, the bank says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
While planners say "it's all beautiful, it's all fantastic", locals fear environmental impacts, "disruption during the construction work" and potential expansion of the village with new houses or even blocks of flats, he added.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
In addition, the Austronesian expansion had already been bringing a stream of Indonesian settlers and traders to New Guinea for 3,500n years.
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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Economics
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