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expansion

[ik-span-shuhn] / ɪkˈspæn ʃən /


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In March, the council unanimously passed a 360-day moratorium on construction and expansion of commercial data centers, though Markley's 352,000-square-foot site was grandfathered in.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob paid $50 million in 2023 to land the WNBA’s first expansion franchise in more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Over such vast distances, the expansion of the universe stretches light to longer, redder wavelengths.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

An unyielding U.S. economy has shrugged off a number of blows to keep growing at a faster-than-expected speed — and there’s a good chance the six-year old expansion has a lot more room to run.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 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

Its the latest in a series of expansions for Vallarta, which opened a store in Rancho Cucamonga in April and opened its first location outside of California in Arizona in January.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Vast expansions in electricity, telecommunications and production promised to connect the country and ease the tedious work of cooking, washing and cleaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Enerflex is committing $15 million in 2026 capex and authorizing $85 million for facility expansions in 2027 to improve its Engineered Systems capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ahead of Tesla’s event, rivals announced their own expansions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

We already discussed such historical expansions in Chapters 16 and 17 for the Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and other East Asian language families.

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


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