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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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Nearby, a $100-million expansion of the popular Broad Museum of contemporary art is also under construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

But that would come with a chunky expansion of the amount of further education, training, health support and likely jobs subsidised by the taxpayer too.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

One of the big new tenants is Banc of California, which recently moved into 40,000 square feet in a Figueroa Street tower with its name on top as part of an expansion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Thailand’s third-quarter GDP data on Monday are expected to show growth accelerated after a period of lackluster expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The evolving Indigenous alliance posed a serious barrier to the United States’ expansion.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

By contrast, the U.S. added around 150,000 or more new jobs a month during all previous economic expansions since World War II.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Their goal is to investigate the earliest expansions of modern humans across Europe, including how these populations interacted with carnivores in places where bones and other organic remains are scarce.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Company spokesperson Lizette Gomez said earlier this year that the chain has a goal of opening about five new locations a year and is planning expansions in more states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“This addition, together with other recent expansions, would have provided enough gas capacity on this line to meet total household heating needs this past January,” Ms. Healey writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The historical southward expansions of Burmese, Laotians, and Thais from South China completed the Sinification of tropical Southeast Asia.

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


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