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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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The troubles at home are pushing Chinese carmakers—including foreign brands that manufacture there—into an even more aggressive expansion overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

She’s coming off the bench behind Nneka Ogwumike and Dearica Hamby for the Sparks, who are a modest 6-6 after wins this week over the expansion Portland Fire and the struggling Seattle Storm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Helix adds another major private-capital bet on the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The current standard model of cosmology, known as ΛCDM, successfully explains many large-scale features of the universe, including its expansion and the distribution of galaxies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

In the federal system, for example, homicide convictions account for 0.4 percent of the past decade’s growth in the federal prison population, while drug convictions account for nearly 61 percent of that expansion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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