expansion

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There has never been an immortal economic expansion.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Readings below 50 point to contraction, above 50 indicates expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Those include questions about the direction of the business, rollover, retention and expansion plans.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Satellite images show rapid expansion of exposed lakebed as the water has receded.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s easy to oversimplify what was undoubtedly a rapid and dramatic expansion, and to picture all Khoisan in the way being trampled by onrushing Bantu hordes.

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