expansionism
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Many Mexicans tend to sympathize with Cuba because of historic concerns about U.S. expansionism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
VE Day was a joint Allied triumph over Nazi Germany; over hatred, dictatorship, the Third Reich's territorial expansionism and heinous crimes against humanity.
From BBC • May 3, 2025
General Brown and Mr. Austin would advise Mr. Biden on national security matters from the war in Ukraine to China’s military expansionism in the Asia-Pacific region.
From New York Times • May 4, 2023
One of the many warring states in this period, the state of Qin, capitalized on these economic and social changes by adopting Legalist reforms to justify an agenda of power and expansionism.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
He believed it to be slanted toward American sensibilities, downplaying both anti-Semitism and German expansionism.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James
Vocabulary lists containing expansionism
STAAR U.S. History 2
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Chapter 23: Rise to World Power
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