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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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Microfinance’s breakneck expansion in Cambodia in the early 2010s coincided with a government push to formalize land ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Nevada’s shiny Golden Knights were in the Cup not so long ago—they won it in 2023 and famously reached the final in 2018 as a fresh-off-the-shelf expansion team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The chain is growing through global expansion: Domino’s added nearly 800 stores globally in 2025 and plans to add nearly 1,000 in 2026.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The company plans to open more than 300 restaurants this year, many with drive-through “Chipotlanes,” which should help support its suburban expansion.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

There, as we shall see, the expansion assumed a speedboat pace, as bearers of the cultural package raced eastward into the previously uninhabited Pacific Ocean beyond the Solomon Archipelago.

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




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