expansionism
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Two World Wars—and the surge in destructive technology—showed that industrial warfare had made territorial expansionism devastating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Later it became standard fare she studied in high school: the engineering feat connecting two oceans, a formative adventure in American expansionism, an early notch on Teddy Roosevelt’s belt.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2024
The US marked its diplomatic presence at the presidential country retreat by brokering a thaw in the relationship of the two pacific nations in the face of growing Chinese expansionism.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2023
His expansionism, bluster and repression have produced quantifiable results.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2022
But, as elsewhere throughout America, the progress is somewhat dwarfed by the population pressures and untrammeled expansionism planning must deal with.
From The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior by United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Vocabulary lists containing expansionism
STAAR U.S. History 2
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Chapter 23: Rise to World Power
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