expansion
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While Carnegie Mellon operates satellite campuses in New York City; Mountain View, Calif.; and Qatar, serving up to a few hundred students each, Miami will be its largest expansion by far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The MoJ said: "Anyone who is released faces the toughest-ever controls on their movements, including world-first restriction zones and the largest expansion of electronic tagging, with victims having a say in their perpetrators' licence conditions."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The expansion of mobile network infrastructure has faced the challenge of strict planning laws and, in recent years, frequent arson attacks linked to online conspiracy theories.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The U.S. economy has appeared solid, with its recent signs of continued expansion supporting junk bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
The invention of the double-outrigger sailing canoe may have been the technological breakthrough that triggered the Austronesian expansion from the Chinese mainland.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
In Nepal, China has helped develop transportation projects including ring road expansions around Kathmandu and improved north-south roads that link the country to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ahead of Tesla’s event, rivals announced their own expansions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Looking forward, Qi said, "We are going to explore more satellite data and look for better understanding of the expansions."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
This last rule is perhaps the most important; it would prevent the court from providing under-the-radar expansions of the law as it tried to do in the aftermath of Callais.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
Some of Greenberg’s subfamilies, and some groupings recognized by more-traditional linguists, may turn out to be legacies of New World population expansions driven in part by food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing expansion
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