expansion

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For example, lenders balked at financing the expansion of a data-center complex in Abilene, Texas, if Oracle were the tenant, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

While scientists continue to debate the exact rate of this expansion, there is strong evidence that something is influencing gravity or spacetime in ways not fully captured by current theories.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

The expansion of the detection tool follows complaints from high-profile Americans about YouTube's cumbersome process for flagging and removing deepfakes from the platform –- especially as AI accelerates the creation of fabricated content.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

The SNP proposed an expansion of funded childcare costing £540m - and the IFS warned that this figure could run higher if takeup is higher than estimated.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

In this book on human population movements since the end of the Ice Ages, the Austronesian expansion occupies a central place, as one of the most important phenomena to be explained.

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