expansion

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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

Accounting firm Crowe agreed to sell a stake to KKR, the latest in a wave of private-equity investments across the industry as firms seek capital to speed up their AI adoption and expansion efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Likewise, increased AI demand means the potential expansion of ultrahigh voltage, or UHV, transmission lines, which are widely used in other nations like China.

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

We have now followed the initial stages of the Austronesian expansion for 2,500 miles from the South China coast, through Taiwan and the Philippines, to western and central Indonesia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond