expansion
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Restoration efforts over decades have helped degraded forests to recover, but the big change has come from the natural expansion of mangroves in many parts of the world following drops in deforestation.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Americans are still spending at sufficient levels to extend a six-year-old economic expansion.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
“Under moderate scenarios of climate warming and urban expansion, an additional 4.1 million residents may be at risk by mid-century,” according to the study led by UC Berkeley’s Lisa Couper.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
That marked the first time since October that the index was above the 50 threshold separating contraction from expansion after advancing to 49.2 in April.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
But this was all set in the framework of a huge expansion of the realm which science attempted to explain.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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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