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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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She has been coming off of the bench to back up starting point guard Julie Allemand, who the Tempo took from the Sparks in the expansion draft.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

India is now focusing on rapid expansion in solar and wind to diversify its energy supply and reduce its dependence on Middle Eastern oil.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Those words capture the main tenet of monetarism: Sustained price inflation is always caused by excessive monetary expansion.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

For healthy adults covered by the ObamaCare expansion, it gets $9.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The dingo reached Australia at the peak of the Austronesian expansion from South China through Indonesia.

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




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