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expansively

[ik-span-siv-lee] / ɪkˈspæn sɪv li /


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“COVID required all companies to think much more expansively about talent — how you get it, how you keep it,” said Kelliher.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The opening language of the 14th Amendment could not have been more inclusive, applying expansively to “all persons,” and not only to the identifiable class of formerly enslaved persons and their children.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025

But Axar and Shreyas, whose partnership came from 136 balls, expertly rotated the strike calmly and adjusted to the tricky surface which enabled Hardik to play more expansively in the closing overs.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

“But when these things came, I found it affirming. It’s recognition that this work has been happening. And it has allowed me to think expansively about my own future.”

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

I looked about the room expansively for ideas, anything, anything.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez